There are currently 326 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ontario.
Public Health Ontario (PHO) reports two more cases of monkeypox in the capital.
As of Tuesday, July 26, there are 23 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ottawa, while the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit each report a case of smallpox. The Renfrew County and District Health Unit has not reported any confirmed cases of smallpox.
There are currently 326 confirmed monkeypox cases in Ontario, with 250 of them in Toronto. Of the 326 cases in the province, two have affected women.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) offers monkeypox vaccines.
The clinic locations are:
- Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper Street Ottawa
- Clinic dates and hours:
- Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Friday, July 22, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Monday, July 25, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
- Wednesday July 27, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
- Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Friday, July 29, 2022 from 1 to 3 p.m
- Clinic dates and hours:
- OPH Sexual Health Clinic, 179 Clarence Street
- Clinic dates and hours:
- Wednesday, July 20 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Friday, July 22 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Friday, July 29, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 1 to 4 p.m
- Friday, August 5, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m
- Clinic dates and hours:
More information available here.
Monkeypox disease comes from the same family of viruses that cause smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated worldwide in 1980. Smallpox vaccines have proven effective in fighting the smallpox virus.