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More H1N1 vaccines expected Wed, with 2 more deaths reported
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 10:35 AM CDT
Updated: Oct 28, 2009 4:19 AM CDT
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More H1N1 vaccines expected
(WAFF) - County health departments will begin vaccinating people Wednesday for H1N1 Influenza.
The vaccine will be limited to those in targeted, priority groups. Those groups include pregnant women, children six months old through four-years-old, parents, caregivers and siblings of children less than six months of age, children ages five-18 with underlying health problems and health care workers.
The clinics will be ongoing as long as there is vaccine. Larger counties such as Madison will have doses in the thousands. Every county will have at least 100 doses of vaccine.
"We're trying to get a little vaccine to as many places as we can," said State Health Officer Don Williamson.
A H1N1 vaccination clinic in Madison will be held Wednesday at First Baptist Church on Governors Drive.
On Thursday, H1N1 shots will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ADPH office at 301 Max Luther Drive in Huntsville. To find out where other vaccination clinics are planned here in the Valley, click here.
Judy Smith with the ADPL office in Decatur said the following projected amounts of the H1N1 flu vaccine are expected in the following counties:
Madison 3,200
Morgan 1,400
Cullman 1,000
Jackson 1,000
Marshall 1,000
Limestone 900
Lawrence 600
Those at high risk are to be given the vaccine at first, and those in line will be asked what risk category they are in.
The vaccinations come as the death toll from H1N1 Influenza or Swine Flu has grown to 22 with the latest fatalities being reported in Shelby and Talladega counties.
"We are by no means out of this," said Williamson, who went on to say the State Health Department is seeing some signs of decline in the outbreak.
Statewide, health officials said emergency room and doctor office visits because of flu like symptoms are down.
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=11391398
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 10:35 AM CDT
Updated: Oct 28, 2009 4:19 AM CDT
WAFF Video on Demand
More H1N1 vaccines expected
(WAFF) - County health departments will begin vaccinating people Wednesday for H1N1 Influenza.
The vaccine will be limited to those in targeted, priority groups. Those groups include pregnant women, children six months old through four-years-old, parents, caregivers and siblings of children less than six months of age, children ages five-18 with underlying health problems and health care workers.
The clinics will be ongoing as long as there is vaccine. Larger counties such as Madison will have doses in the thousands. Every county will have at least 100 doses of vaccine.
"We're trying to get a little vaccine to as many places as we can," said State Health Officer Don Williamson.
A H1N1 vaccination clinic in Madison will be held Wednesday at First Baptist Church on Governors Drive.
On Thursday, H1N1 shots will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the ADPH office at 301 Max Luther Drive in Huntsville. To find out where other vaccination clinics are planned here in the Valley, click here.
Judy Smith with the ADPL office in Decatur said the following projected amounts of the H1N1 flu vaccine are expected in the following counties:
Madison 3,200
Morgan 1,400
Cullman 1,000
Jackson 1,000
Marshall 1,000
Limestone 900
Lawrence 600
Those at high risk are to be given the vaccine at first, and those in line will be asked what risk category they are in.
The vaccinations come as the death toll from H1N1 Influenza or Swine Flu has grown to 22 with the latest fatalities being reported in Shelby and Talladega counties.
"We are by no means out of this," said Williamson, who went on to say the State Health Department is seeing some signs of decline in the outbreak.
Statewide, health officials said emergency room and doctor office visits because of flu like symptoms are down.
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=11391398