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Re: Newfoundland and Labrador- Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability
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21
2009
</TD><TD class=NewsHeader>Vaccine Now Available to Everyone
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Anybody in the province can now receive their H1N1 vaccination as of Monday when Mass immunization clinics will be open province-wide. Clinics will be operating on a limited basis tomorrow, and then re-open on Monday. All clinics will operate on a first-come first-served basis. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Faith Stratton says anybody can show up for their shot, including young children who need their second shot.
The mass vaccination process comes on the heels of receiving 35 thousand doses of vaccine yesterday, and an estimated 40 thousand coming today. This means that on Monday, they will work to finish any junior high school students that have not yet received their vaccine and move onto senior high school students. A clinic will also open at Memorial University for post secondary students.
Health Minister Jerome Kennedy expects in the next 3-4 weeks, the vaccination program will be complete. Kennedy says at this point, they don't expect the long line-ups experienced when the clinics initially opened.
Into next week, individuals in long-term care facilities, personal care homes, those in receipt of continuing care and acute care patients being discharged from hospital will also receive their vaccination.
Meanwhile, Health Officials are looking into the possibility 6 additional deaths could be attributed to H1N1. Seven deaths have already been linked to the virus, but Chief Medical Officer Dr. Faith Stratton says the additional cases are being reviewed by a group of medical scientists to assess the role swine flu might have played in the additional deaths. Kennedy says the review is expected to be finished next week, as the medical community struggles with how to define 'death from H1N1.'
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=NewsHeader><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=40>NOV
21
2009
</TD><TD class=NewsHeader>Vaccine Now Available to Everyone
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Anybody in the province can now receive their H1N1 vaccination as of Monday when Mass immunization clinics will be open province-wide. Clinics will be operating on a limited basis tomorrow, and then re-open on Monday. All clinics will operate on a first-come first-served basis. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Faith Stratton says anybody can show up for their shot, including young children who need their second shot.
The mass vaccination process comes on the heels of receiving 35 thousand doses of vaccine yesterday, and an estimated 40 thousand coming today. This means that on Monday, they will work to finish any junior high school students that have not yet received their vaccine and move onto senior high school students. A clinic will also open at Memorial University for post secondary students.
Health Minister Jerome Kennedy expects in the next 3-4 weeks, the vaccination program will be complete. Kennedy says at this point, they don't expect the long line-ups experienced when the clinics initially opened.
Into next week, individuals in long-term care facilities, personal care homes, those in receipt of continuing care and acute care patients being discharged from hospital will also receive their vaccination.
Meanwhile, Health Officials are looking into the possibility 6 additional deaths could be attributed to H1N1. Seven deaths have already been linked to the virus, but Chief Medical Officer Dr. Faith Stratton says the additional cases are being reviewed by a group of medical scientists to assess the role swine flu might have played in the additional deaths. Kennedy says the review is expected to be finished next week, as the medical community struggles with how to define 'death from H1N1.'
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