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Source: http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=11521452
Death toll of Alabama H1N1 victims now at 31
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM EST
The Alabama Department of Health will get about 40,000 doses of swine flu vaccine this week after originally be told to expect about 120,000 doses.
Despite the vaccine shortage, enough vaccine is arriving to enable state health officials to begin school-based vaccination clinics in two weeks.
The first students in Alabama to be vaccinated at schools will be students in grades K-3 if their parents sign permission forms.
State Health Officials will be joined by the State School Superintendent Wednesday for a news conference to outline procedures for the school-based clinics and the importance of parents in getting permission slips in on time.
Swine flu is now blamed for a 31st fatality in Alabama.
The latest victim is a Jefferson County man in his 50's according to Dr. Jim McVay of the State Health Department.
Death toll of Alabama H1N1 victims now at 31
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM EST
The Alabama Department of Health will get about 40,000 doses of swine flu vaccine this week after originally be told to expect about 120,000 doses.
Despite the vaccine shortage, enough vaccine is arriving to enable state health officials to begin school-based vaccination clinics in two weeks.
The first students in Alabama to be vaccinated at schools will be students in grades K-3 if their parents sign permission forms.
State Health Officials will be joined by the State School Superintendent Wednesday for a news conference to outline procedures for the school-based clinics and the importance of parents in getting permission slips in on time.
Swine flu is now blamed for a 31st fatality in Alabama.
The latest victim is a Jefferson County man in his 50's according to Dr. Jim McVay of the State Health Department.