'I'm really happy to have access to this today,' he said Wednesday, standing in line at the clinic just around the corner from Émilie-Gamelin Square. He's one of more than 800 Montrealers so far who have lined up at the clinic in the heart of the Gay Village that's been offering the vaccine since May 27. (CBC/Jennifer Yoon - image credit)Įmil Briones is breathing a sigh of relief after receiving his first dose of the smallpox vaccine, now being offered to help protect Montrealers against the monkeypox virus. Lawrence Clifford-Reddy works as a massage therapist, and said he decided to get the vaccine his friend in the industry told him about the clinic.
