Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated around the globe in 1980, but it generally does not spread easily between people and is instead transmitted through prolonged close contact. The health unit said the clinics at the 519 community centre on Church Street and Metro Hall are intended for adults who self-identify as male and who have sex with other men.
Toronto Public Health hosted two vaccine clinics on Saturday for those most at-risk of contracting the monkeypox virus.
