Status: Active
Date issued: 7 November 2022 (update from CHO alert 18 October 2022)
Issued by: Associate Professor Deborah Friedman, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Communicable Disease)
Issued to: Health professionals and the Victorian community
Key messages
- An increased supply of MPX vaccines is now available in Victoria.
- Vaccination eligibility criteria have been expanded to allow more people to be vaccinated against MPX.
- The second dose of MPX vaccine is also now available for those who have received their first dose more than 28 days ago.
- MPX vaccine is available free-of-charge for eligible people through Local Public Health Units and certain sexual health clinics and health services.
- MPX continues to spread in many countries. In Victoria, the risk of local transmission linked to international travel remains.
- People with symptoms of MPX should seek medical care and testing and restrict contact with others until advised.
- Clinicians should test for MPX in all patients presenting with compatible symptoms.
- Read the full advisory: Health update on monkeypox (MPX) vaccination
