Ontario - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

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<TABLE class=contentpaneopen><TBODY><TR><TD class=contentheading width="100%">Ontario says health units doing best they can in face of H1N1 vaccine demands </TD><TD class=buttonheading align=right width="100%"> </TD><TD class=buttonheading align=right width="100%"> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=contentpaneopen><TBODY><TR><TD class=createdate vAlign=top colSpan=2>Thursday, 29 October 2009 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2><TABLE align=right ?><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
TORONTO - Health Minister Deb Matthews says local public health units are reacting as fast as they can to a big increase in demand for the swine flu vaccine.

Matthews also told the legislature today that more help is being added to deal with a huge increase in calls to Ontario's Tele-Health system. The number of people calling Tele-health has increased five times as people seek advice on swine flu.

Matthews says people can also go to a Ministry of Health website at ontario.ca/flu and use an online self-diagnostic tool if they don't want to wait for a callback from Tele-health.

Opposition critics say the Liberal government should do more to help shorten, or at least better co-ordinate, the long lines of people waiting for swine flu vaccines.

A a sharp increase in swine flu cases in Toronto has seen the vaccination program accelerated, and the general public can begin receiving H1N1 shots next Monday.

Today, two clinics for priority groups that include adults 65 and under with chronic health conditions, pregnant women, and healthy children six months to under five years old opened in Toronto.

Many who have turned up at clinics across the Greater Toronto Area this week have cited concerns about the recent deaths of two Ontario children.

Evan Frustaglio, a 13-year-old hockey player from Toronto, died Monday after falling sick on the weekend and 10-year-old Vanetia Warner of Cornwall died Saturday after being ill for several days.

On Wednesday, Toronto Public Health said Mount Sinai Hospital was dealing with a minor outbreak of H1N1, with one patient and two staff ill. http://www.medicinehatnews.com/content/view/149793/

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Eastern Ontario Health Unit Adds Extra H1N1 Clinic Date ? Cornwall Ontario ? October 29, 2009

Eastern Ontario Health Unit Adds Extra H1N1 Clinic Date​

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit has been receiving hundreds of calls regarding interest in the H1N1 clinics. In response to this demand, the Health Unit has added a clinic this Sunday from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at all clinic locations.

?We are still targeting the people on the priority list to attend the October clinics. In addition, we are expanding our program to immunize all children 18 years of age and under at our first clinics. This is assuming we have adequate vaccine to cover this additional group. As of November, the clinics will be open to the rest of the population?, explains Dr. Paul Roumeliotis. ?We support the Ministry?s position that when we have enough vaccine, we will broaden our immunization program to the rest of our residents starting in November.

School outbreaks are another point of interest. Despite that fact that children are more susceptible to this flu, the Health Unit is not recommending school closures for several reasons. First, H1N1 flu is a community-acquired disease. School absenteeism is used as surveillance to identify influenza activity in the community. Second, school closures have not been shown to be effective. Third, young people tend to congregate in groups outside of school anyway and the risk of transmission would remain high.

To assist the schools in managing absenteeism, the Health Unit has just announced the release of their handwashing video series aimed at children and youth in Kindergarten to Grade 12. To watch these videos, visit the main page of the Health Unit?s website and click on the ?Hand Hygiene Videos? button.

?We want to invite people to read the H1N1 Activity Report on our website. The report contains information on the school, daycare and institution outbreaks in our area. The report will be regularly updated? says Dr. Paul. ?I also want to remind parents that a sick child should stay home until 24 hours after all symptoms other than a mild cough have resolved. This post-viral cough can last a week or more, but during this time the child is not contagious and can return to school?, adds Dr. Paul Roumeliotis.

The Health Unit is advising those over 65 to come to the later clinics in November. When asked why people 65 and over aren?t in the priority group, Dr. Paul explains that the main reasons for this are that people age 65 and older are least likely to get sick with this virus and that there will be limited amounts of vaccine available during the first clinics which are intended for those who would benefit most.

For more information about H1N1 clinic dates, time and locations visit eohu.ca or call 613-933-1375 or 1 800 267-7120.

http://cornwallfreenews.com/2009/10/eastern-ontario-health-unit-adds-extra-h1n1-clinic-date-cornwall-ontario-october-29-2009/

 

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Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, addresses a swine flu news conference on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.


Ontario not considering 24/7 swine flu clinics

Updated: Thu Oct. 29 2009 16:43:51
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Ontario is not looking at 24/7 swine flu clinics, but will be ramping up hours and the numbers of clinics, the province's chief medical officer of health says.

"Twenty four hours a day ... is not something we are considering. We are however, increasing our clinics, expanding our hours and looking at what settings we deliver vaccine to maximize outreach to the population," Dr. Arlene King told a Thursday news conference.

One limiting factor will be the amount of swine flu vaccine available to the province at any one time, she said.

"If we get more vaccine, we'll expand hours. We're trying to tailor and be precise about matching demand, need and supply," she said. "Every health unit is doing its part to do that."

However, she said the province is building up its delivery capability on a daily basis, she said, and admitted they would like to improve on the wait times.

Health Minister Deb Matthews asked Ontarians to be patient and make sure the high-priority patients get first access to the vaccine.



Those who are in a priority group include:

• people with chronic medical conditions (eg., asthma, diabetes) under the age of 65
• healthy children from six months to five years old
• care providers and household contacts of persons at high risk who cannot be immunized or may not respond to vaccines
• pregnant women

In Toronto, the public clinics will begin on Monday. Matthews noted that is a week ahead of schedule.

As it now stands, early clinics in the GTA have been swamped by demand -- something that may be related to the deaths of two young people.

Some parents standing in line say they can't take the risk of losing their children to the flu.

King said 1.4 million doses of the swine flu vaccine have been distributed to the province's health units -- "and that vaccine was being used up as fast as we get it." Another 750,000 doses are being packaged up. She said that was sufficient to inoculate the high-priority patients.
She described the demand as "unprecedented," adding it is driven by risk perception.

The province doesn't yet have data on how many Ontarians have been vaccinated so far. That will come next week, she said.
With disease rates rising, the province would like to get immunization moving as quickly as possible, but King again said that was dependent on supply.

Hospitalizations and deaths can be minimized by vaccinating the high-priority groups first, she said.

To aid the vaccination process, the province is packaging vaccine doses in smaller packages for family doctors. Currently they are being sent out in 500-dose boxes, which is too much for a small practice to handle, King said.

However, there are technical complications in delivering the adjuvanted vaccine, she warned.

The province is also studying best practices in the province's health units.
Up in Sault Ste. Marie, the city's health unit implemented an appointment system. As a result, there are no chaotic lineups.

"I'm very interested in the Soo practice because I think we are seeing that it may be a best practice, so we're learning as we go," Matthews said. "That's working smoothly, so there are ways to do it."

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Agency warns H1N1 vaccine deliveries will slow next 2 weeks

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TORONTO ? The Public Health Agency of Canada says H1N1 vaccine deliveries to the provinces will slow down a bit over the next couple of weeks.

That's because the vaccine maker, GlaxoSmithKline, was asked to make special batches of vaccine for pregnant women and the switchover of production lines will lower output.

The head of the agency, Dr. David Butler-Jones, says it was hoped GSK would be delivering three million doses of vaccine a week.

But the need to make some adjuvant-free vaccine for pregnant women means that figure will be lower for the next two weeks.

Butler-Jones says he can't give a precise figure at this point, but he says there should be 225,000 doses of unadjuvanted vaccine available by next week for pregnant women.

And he says six million doses have already been distributed to provinces and territories, which is nearly enough to cover the people in the high-risk groups who are supposed to have first priority for vaccine.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/10/30/windsor-h1n1-clinic-091030.html

H1N1 clinic runs out of vaccine

Last Updated: Friday, October 30, 2009 | 8:40 AM ET Comments3Recommend1.
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People brought books, games and chairs to help pass the time as they waited more than two hours for an H1N1 clinic in Windsor, Ont. to open on Thursday. (Kim Kristy/CBC)
Supply could not meet demand at an H1N1 flu clinic on Thursday in Windsor, Ont., as organizers ran out of the swine flu vaccine an hour before the clinic was scheduled to close.

The clinic, at the Knights of Columbus hall on Columbus Street, was scheduled to run from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

But the last of the1,500 vaccines was given at 6:45 p.m.

By noon, more than 40 people were already in line outside the clinic's door. When it opened, the line stretched from the hall's entrance down Northwood Street to Bruce Avenue, a block and a half away.

For Mary-Ellen McNeil, who was among the early arrivals, the two-hour wait was worth it.

"I have respiratory issues, so to me, it's very important," McNeil said.

High-risk groups targeted
Those respiratory issues make McNeil, and others like her, at greatest risk for the swine flu and a target group for local health officials.

People under the age of 65 with pre-existing health conditions and pregnant women were the focus of Thursday's clinic.

But others, like Paul Beaulieu, also came.

"To be one of the first one in line to make sure my kids get it," Beaulieu said. "They'll be taken from school so they can get the vaccine."

Ron Hyslop called the clinic's long line up ridiculous, and accused the federal government of not ordering enough vaccines in time for flu season.

"I really think that there's something wrong with our government, comes to something like this," Hyslop said.

Thursday's clinic was the second of 19 public clinics scheduled for Windsor and Essex County.

The first, on Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Tecumseh, drew so many people that organizers had to call the police to control the crowds and traffic.

The next clinic is scheduled for Monday at the Half Century Club in Leamington. A fourth clinic will be held at Place Concorde in Windsor on Tuesday

 

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Province changes flu shot plan

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO Queen's Park Bureau Chief
Last Updated: 30th October 2009, 3:36pm


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Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health said this afternoon that only people in the recognized priority groups will be vaccinated next week.
Dr. Arlene King said that a shortage of vaccine is forcing health officials to change their game plan.
Healthy adults who don't work in healthcare settings and seniors are being asked told to wait another week.

Anyone who shows up at a vaccination clinic and isn't in one of the identified priority groups will be turned away, King said.

Those at greater risk of serious illness from H1N1 include pregnant women, children six months to five years old, people under 65 with chronic health conditions, household contacts of children under six months old, immuno-compromised people and healthcare workers.

Earlier today, Deputy Premier and former Minister of Health George Smitherman said it's a "positive sign" the public is so eager to get vaccinated.

But because there's high demand, he cautioned, the public has to be patient. "This is the biggest vaccination undertaken that's been done in, I think, the history of our country," he said. "Accordingly, it does require some patience on the part of individuals.

"Obviously public health officials in a variety of places have got a real challenge on their hands to vaccinate folks as quickly as they can," he added. "I know there's lots of challenging situations out there, but I'm very, very confident of our capacity to do this well."

Toronto Mayor David Miller urged only those in the high-risk groups - people under 65 with chronic health conditions, pregnant women, and children between six months and five years old - should be heading to the early vaccination clinics.

Miller said he "intends" to get the vaccine when the low-risk groups are asked to line up.

Toronto Public Health is opening all of its ten vaccination clinics on Monday.

"The early opening of the clinics was intended for the high risk groups.

These are the people who would be most affected by H1N1. It's important to allow people who are in the high risk groups to access the clinics (today)," Miller said. "The priority is for people who need the vaccine the most, and we would ask people who at all can, to wait for the clinics next week," he added. "Public Health is doing its very best with the supplies that have been given to it by the federal government. The federal government controls supply."


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http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Extra+H1N1+clinic+Saturday/2164851/story.html

Extra H1N1 clinic set for Saturday
Aimed at pregnant woman, kids under 5 years
By Sharon Hill, The Windsor StarOctober 30, 2009 6:02

The lines were long and traffic was gridlocked at the H1N1 flu shot clinic at Knight of Columbus located at Columbus Drive and Northwood Avenue, Thursday October 29, 2009. An extra clinic for pregnant women and yougn children will be held Sturday, Oct. 31, 2009. --

An extra H1N1 vaccination clinic has been organized for Saturday for women who are pregnant and young children.

The new clinic is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Novelletto Rosati Sports and Recreation Centre at 3939 Carmichael Drive near Mic Mac Park.

It will focus on pregnant women and children between six months and five years old.

In another line, people who are under 65 and have pre-existing medical conditions can come and if possible, they may get vaccinated, health unit officials said Friday. If there is a large turnout of pregnant women and young children, the health unit will have to focus on that group.

The health unit may shut down the line early as it has had to do at other clinics.

At a press conference Friday, health unit officials announced the added clinic and that police will be at clinics.

At a Thursday clinic in South Windsor, people who were not in the high risk group were turned away. The high risk group is defined as people under 65 with chronic medical conditions, pregnant woman and healthy children who are six months to five years old.

After Saturday, the next clinic is Monday in Leamington at the Half Century Club from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday in Windsor at Place Concorde from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For a complete list of clinics visit www.wechealthunit.org or for more information call 211.

Some doctors will be getting the vaccines but they are also supposed to administer them to people in the high risk groups.

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Ont. to receive 170,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine, fraction of million expected

By: Sunny Freeman
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TORONTO - Healthy people in Ontario are warned to stay away from H1N1 clinics, which will only be open to high-priority groups, because health units will receive just a fraction of the doses of vaccine they had been expecting from the federal government.

The province's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Arlene King said Friday the province will receive about 170,000 doses of the adjuvanted vaccine and 86,800 doses of the unadjuvanted vaccine next week - a little over a quarter of the 722,000 doses it received in prior weeks.

"For next week we will receive a lower supply of the vaccine than had been originally anticipated due to reduced production by the vaccine's supplier," she said.

The federal government has rolled out approximately six million doses so far and Ontario's portion has totalled about 2.2 million. The province is receiving nearly half of the reduced quantities, around 400,000 doses of the adjuvanted version, and 200,000 of the unadjuvanted version, being shipped out to provinces next week.

Adjuvants are compounds that boost the immune response to the vaccine, allowing lower doses to be used.

Delivery of the H1N1 vaccine has been slowed across the country because the Quebec manufacturer was asked to make special unadjuvanted batches of the product for pregnant women.

The World Health Organization said Friday the adjuvanted vaccine could be given to pregnant women, but King said the WHO's July advice that pregnant women should get adjuvant-free vaccine was what prompted its production in Canada.

"The production of unadjuvanted vaccine was one of the reasons why there is not as much vaccine available now."

Local health units were making preparations Friday to implement more efficient waiting systems for what they thought would be a wider rollout of the vaccine Monday, after coping with an influx of flu shot hopefuls who lined up for hours in many communities.

But King said local health units agreed to overhaul plans when she told them about the reduced quantity of the vaccine. She advised them not to give out the vaccine to anyone who does not fall into one of six priority groups.

"Obviously, it would be desirable to continue to have the supply we had, but I think the strategy we agreed on is the best way right now to mitigate serious illness and death as result of infection of H1N1."

Priority groups of people most vulnerable to the flu include pregnant women, children under five, health-care workers, care givers for those who are vulnerable and unable to get the vaccine, people under 65 with pre-existing health conditions, and those who live in remote or isolated communities.

King said people waiting in queue will be questioned about why they are there to weed out members of the general public who are jumping the line.

The delivery slowdown compounded frustrations at Ontario clinics already overwhelmed by a higher than expected demand for the vaccine. Some had to turn away high-risk patients because lines were too long, others ran out of the vaccine.

Dr. Suzanne Strasberg, president of the Ontario Medical Association, said doctors are frustrated because they are being inundated with calls but have been largely removed from the rollout, adding that lines would be eased if public health units involved more community physicians. She said they could immunize tens of thousands of per day.

"If we're going to mass immunize people we need to get people into their doctor's office to get their shots there, that's how it's always done," Strasberg said.

Health officials and many waiting in line for the vaccine agreed the deaths of two young people in the province this week put a human face on the virus and spurred many people to get the shot.

"I'm sure the tragic deaths of the two children in the past ten days ago has frightened a lot of people and made them consider the vaccine when they may not have before," Strasberg said.

Premier Dalton McGuinty said the province is doing everything it can to get to as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible, adding the good news is that many more families interested in getting than even a few days ago.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews abruptly left the Liberal party's annual general meeting in Windsor, Ont., on Friday and flew back to Toronto to speak with King about how the province will deal with the shortage.

"We will revise our plan," she said. "I think a lot of people are going to be very disappointed, and I am certainly one of them."

Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, who was also at the Windsor meeting, blamed the Conservative government in Ottawa for not properly informing Canadians about vaccinations.

"There's very substantial confusion and that confusion is directly attributable to the conduct of this government," he said.

"What is more basic for a government to do than to provide good public health information to all citizens? And they've failed," Ignatieff said.

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak called on McGuinty to "fix this mess" so people who actually need the shot don't lose confidence in the system or simply balk at the long lines.

Hudak said Friday everyone is disturbed by images of pregnant women and young children being forced to line up outside for hours.

Meanwhile, the rate of influenza-like activity in the province is above average for this time of year, and rising, King said.

Ontario's Health Ministry says there are 4,814 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu virus reported and 30 deaths reported among confirmed H1N1 cases.

King says the rollout of the vaccine is still weeks ahead of the original schedule, adding that the allotment is expected to increase again "within several weeks," and that everyone who wants to be immunized can expect to receive the shot by Christmas.

On Toronto's streets, those people who were planning on getting the shot beginning Monday said they were disappointed, but would wait their turns.
Mark Claynards said that as a "normal" person he expected to wait for the shot, but didn't think it would be weeks into the flu season before he could be immunized.

He said he doesn't get the seasonal flu vaccine.

"But when I heard about all the hoopla over this, I though why not?"

Karen Blair said she thought the lack of vaccine showed a lack of planning on the part of the government.

Blair said she always gets the seasonal flu vaccine and was planning to line up Monday for the H1N1 shot.

"I work with people who have kids so it's not so much me that I'm worried about getting it, but passing it along."

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Ontario outlines vaccine restrictions

If not in a priority group, 'please wait your turn'

Last Updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 4:51 PM ET

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Ontario's health minister has urged people to stay away from immunization clinics in the province this week unless they are in the six priority groups of people who most need the swine flu vaccine.

Deb Matthews said tens of thousands of Ontarians have already received the H1N1 flu shot, but she repeated that supplies are "significantly lower" than expected because of reduced production by the vaccine's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline.

"The federal minister of health has assured me that over the coming weeks and months, there will be enough vaccine for everyone who needs it and wants it. However, exactly when we will receive that vaccine is not known at this time," she said.

"If you are not a member of a priority group, please wait your turn," Matthews said at a news conference Sunday.


Ontario's priority groups are:

• Pregnant women.
• Children from six months to five years of age.
• People who live with children under six months old.
• People under 65 with underlying medical conditions.
• Immuno-compromised people and those caring for them.
• People living in remote and isolated communities.

Matthews said hundreds of doctors now have the vaccine and they "will now be able to do consultations over the phone."

Matthews said her government will be setting up more clinics once the vaccine supply increases.

Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's medical officer of health, said there have been 31 deaths among lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in the province.

She said 609 people with confirmed infections have been hospitalized to date. Of those, 527 patients have been discharged and 82 people with the illness are in hospital.

"The vast majority of people with the flu recover fully at home," King said, adding that the recent deaths of children from H1N1 in Ontario "were a rarity, well outside of the norm."

She said about 300 deaths related to seasonal influenza are reported to health officials every year in Ontario.

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Shiloh, #16:

"H1N1 vaccines will be available in Caledon from November 23-28, and for those under 65, this is the one that really counts. "There's just not going to be very much seasonal flu out there making people sick. It's going to be the H1N1 that's the biggest threat in terms of influenza this year."
There are also differences in how the seasonal and H1N1 flu viruses behave that makes vaccination needs different depending on age. "This is a deliberate attempt to make sure that those folks that are 65 and older are protected against seasonal flu. One, because people over 65 seem to have some natural protection against the H1N1 strain because it might be similar to strains circulating prior to 1957," explained Dooling. "Another reason to vaccinate only the 65 year age group against seasonal is that this is a group that tends to bear the brunt of the seasonal influenza activity. T
hey are the groups that tend to get the sickest and often have the highest death rate, whereas what we've seen for H1N1, more of the cases have been younger people. At least half of the cases we've gotten so far are 20 or younger."
Those over 65 are more likely to suffer complications from seasonal flu than H1N1 because of some signs of natural immunity, while younger people are more likely to be hard hit by the H1N1 virus. Both age groups will eventually be able to receive both vaccines if they so wish, but there is a necessary wait period of three weeks in between shots.
"Right now the current recommendation is that there should be a spacing in between the vaccines, but of course right now the only ones we're recommending the seasonal to is people over 65," said Dooling.
If younger people were to receive their seasonal flu vaccination now they may not be eligible to receive the H1N1 shot immediately when it is available in November, leaving them at higher risk of contracting the strain they are more vulnerable to.
"The important message here is that H1N1, for the vast majority of our population, is the most important vaccine to get this year," said Dooling. "There's going to be more than enough for everybody who wants and needs it, and people should start thinking now about getting the vaccine.""

 

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Flu shots for all will have to wait

H1N1 FLU: All Londoners may not get vaccine till year's end
By JONATHAN SHER
Last Updated: 2nd November 2009, 9:25am


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It may be year's end before all Londoners get access to the vaccine that protects against pandemic flu, a delay that will strain the health of residents and the system that cares for them.

"It's going to be much longer than we originally planned," said Dr. Graham Pollett, the medical officer of health for London and Middlesex County.

"The unfortunate consequence is that more people will become ill with the virus."

While most of those stricken will bounce back, a small percentage will develop complications and some may die.

"The whole point of immunization is to reduce the number of deaths and complications," Pollett said.

Local health officials had planned to immunize 60,000 people a week. But with the vaccine in short supply, it's available only to those deemed to be at high risk.

In the first week, including at two clinics on Saturday, about 14,000 people were vaccinated.

That pace may slow further because manufacturer Glaxo-SmithKline has problems producing vaccine for pregnant women that doesn't include a chemical adjuvant used in the regular vaccine.

"I don't know how much (vaccine) we will get each week. There may be a dip next week and possibly the week after," Pollett said.
Londoners may still be lining up for the vaccine at year's end.

"That is a possibility," he said.

It takes two weeks after vaccination for a recipient to develop resistance, so protection may not be available to some Londoners until well into January -- three months after the pandemic flu made its presence felt in schools, hospitals and workplaces.

As the number of ill grows, so too will the strain on doctors, nurses, clinics and hospitals.

"The longer it takes to immunize, the bigger the challenge is to protect them from the virus," Pollett said.

He isn't blaming anyone for the delay, pointing out it takes about six months to develop and test a flu vaccine and this one is on schedule after H1N1 was first found in April.

But with the pandemic flu gaining a grip in London in October, vaccines would have needed to be administered by mid-September to best protect the population.

"It is frustrating," Pollett said.

Health units across Ontario had hoped to finish vaccinating people in six high-risk groups last week and to open clinics for the general public this week.

Clinics scheduled for this week are limited to high-risk groups because the province will be getting only 170,000 doses of the vaccine this week, far less than the 722,000 expected.

In London there are about 33,000 doses left. Clinics are scheduled for today and tomorrow for high-risk groups.

Another 12,000 doses in London have been given to doctors and 12,300 to hospitals, the latter mostly for health care workers,

The virus has killed 31 people in Ontario and has caused more than 600 people more to be admitted to hospital -- 82 were still in hospital last weekend.

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When: Today and tomorrow,

3:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Where:

- Western Fair,

Special Events Building

- Glen Cairn elementary school,

53 Frontenac Rd.

- St. Thomas Aquinas secondary school, 1360 Oxford St. W.


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H1N1 flu shot clinic being held today in Tilbury

Posted by Editorial on Nov 2nd, 2009 and filed under CK Local News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.

By CKDP Staff

Another H1N1 flu shot clinic will be held today (Nov. 2) in Chatham-Kent.

The clinic will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tilbury Arena Ryder Hall, located at 49 Bond Ave. W. in Tilbury.


Dr. David Colby, acting medical officer in Chatham-Kent, said the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit will only be issuing the H1N1 vaccine to individuals who fall under the following ?at-risk? groups:

• People under 65 with chronic conditions

• Health care workers

• Children from six months to five years of age

• Household contacts and care providers of people who are at high-risk and cannot be immunized

• Pregnant women

Colby said local health officials are following a directive made by the Ministry of Health, after delivery of H1N1 vaccines began falling behind last week.

Colby said approximately 3,000 H1N1 vaccines were given out last week in Chatham-Kent, after clinics were held in Chatham, Ridgetown and Wallaceburg.


Three more H1N1 clinics are set for this week in Chatham-Kent:

• Tues. Nov. 3rd ? 2:00pm- 8:00pm ? Dresden-Lambton-Kent Memorial Arena, 1212 North St.

• Wed. Nov. 4th ? 10:00am- 8:00pm ? Chatham-Kinsmen Auditorium, 80 Tweedsmuir Ave.

• Thurs. Nov. 5th ? 2:00pm-8:00pm ? Blenheim-St. Mary?s Hall, 27 Chatham St. N.
• http://ckdp.ca/h1n1-flu-shot-clinic-being-held-today-in-tilbury/

 

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<CITE>By CBC News, cbc.ca, </CITE>Updated: November 3, 2009 1:40 PM

Vaccination messages confuse Ottawa parents

Conflicting messages from Ottawa Public Health are confusing some parents about who currently qualifies to receive an H1N1 vaccination.

The City of Ottawa is currently only vaccinating priority groups, including children between six months and five years of age.

But a letter signed by Ottawa's medical officer of health, Dr. Isra Levy, dated Oct. 30, suggests that all school-age children are now eligible for the vaccine.

"Now that the vaccine is available, I strongly encourage you and your children to get vaccinated. Children over six months are eligible for the H1N1 vaccine," Dr. Levy wrote.

The letter has been posted on several school websites and gave many parents the impression that all school-age children are now eligible for the vaccine.

Laura Hawk lined up outside the Tom Brown Arena clinic on Tuesday and picked up a bracelet for each of her two sons ? one who is under five, the other a pre-teen.

"[It's] nice to know that today's the day that all school-aged children are allowed to be vaccinated," she said.

Asad Khan is currently caring for five children ranging in age from under five to 17. He picked up five wristbands, believing that Ottawa Public Health had changed its vaccination policy.

"I just found out it's from six months to 17 years of age ? So that includes all of them."

Dr. Isra Levy will be asked to clarify who is currently eligible for a vaccine at a briefing Tuesday afternoon.

External Links

Letter to parents from Ottawa Public Health



http://news.ca.msn.com/local/ottawa/article.aspx?cp-documentid=22495066

 

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Ottawa ready to give out unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine Thursday

The Ottawa Citizen
November 4, 2009 3:17 PM

OTTAWA ? Pregnant women in Ottawa will be able to get a version of the H1N1 vaccine at city-run immunization clinics starting Thursday, public-health officials announced Wednesday.

Officials also announced that Ottawa has had another person die of H1N1 infection in the past week, but refused to disclose any further details, even the sex or approximate age of the new victim.

And finally, all hospital emergency rooms in Ottawa are now imposing visitor restrictions, saying that only sick people and one essential caregiver should come to an ER for treatment. Such restrictions have already been in place at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Queensway Carleton; they're now extended to the Ottawa Hospital's emergency rooms and the Montfort Hospital. Anyone who can be in an ER alone should go alone; others who come should expect to wait in cafeterias or other places, to make way for patients in the busy emergency rooms.

The precise plan for distributing the unadjuvanted version of the vaccine is still uncertain. Unadjuvanted vaccine will be available at the city's five fixed vaccination-clinic sites, but likely not at the smaller number of roving clinics. Officials are considering a standalone clinic for pregnant women only to get the unadjuvanted vaccine, but haven't yet decided.

The version of the H1N1 influenza vaccine the city has been giving for the last week and a half contains a chemical called an "adjuvant" that provokes a generalized immune response in recipients' bodies ? the idea is that using the booster agent helps spread the specific anti-H1N1 elements in the vaccine across more doses.

In the early going, it was not clear whether the adjuvant was safe for pregnant women to receive. The World Health Organization has since said that it is safe, but Canada had already ordered a large batch of vaccine without the adjuvant. Now that it's arriving, the city is offering pregnant women the option of getting adjuvanted or unadjuvanted vaccine.

The city's five permanent vaccination clinics are:


-- Tom Brown Arena at Bayview


-- Kanata Recreation Complex on Walter Baker Place


-- Orl?ans Client Service Centre on Centrum Boulevard


-- Vanier-Richelieu Community Centre on Des P?res Blancs


-- Public Health headquarters on Constellation Crescent in Centrepointe

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health...nted+H1N1+vaccine+Thursday/2184157/story.html

 

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More H1N1 vaccine clinics for Ottawa's pregnant women

Last Updated: Friday, November 6, 2009 | 2:56 PM ET

CBC News

Amanda O'Jaick is expecting twins and held off getting vaccinated until Thursday, when the non-adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine became available in Ottawa. (Steve Fischer/CBC)

Pregnant women will have the option of getting vaccinated at one of three pregnant-women-only clinics this weekend, Ottawa Public Health announced Friday.

The clinics will operate on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Montfort Hospital, the Queensway Carleton Hospital and the Riverside Campus of the Ottawa Hospital. On Thursday, Ottawa Public Health announced just one clinic ? at the Riverside ? but then added the Queensway Carleton and Montfort clinics on Friday.

Ottawa Public Health said will continue to offer both non-adjuvanted and adjuvanted vaccine to pregnant women at all of its clinics.

At a briefing Wednesday afternoon, the public health department confirmed it had received 5,500 doses of non-adjuvant H1N1 vaccine.

That is the form of the vaccine recommended for pregnant women. It does not contain an adjuvant ? a substance added to stimulate a stronger immune response to the vaccine.

The non-adjuvanted vaccine was available at the city's five permanent vaccination sites on Thursday.

National guidelines recommend that pregnant women get the adjuvant-free version of the H1N1 vaccine because there has been little research done on the use of adjuvants in vaccines during pregnancy.
The H1N1 vaccine targets the strain of H1N1 influenza A virus responsible for the current swine flu pandemic.

High-priority vaccinations

As far as the regular vaccination clinics go, the health department continued to vaccinate people in all the other high-priority groups Friday.

Those priority groups include:

• Children between the ages of six months and five years.
• People up to age 65 with chronic, underlying health issues.
• People who live with infants under the age of six months.
• Health-care workers.

Five permanent clinics were up and running and staff were handing out wristband-passes for vaccinations later in the day. Among those clinics, Tom Brown Arena, the Orl?ans Client Service Centre and the Kanata Recreation Complex were all at capacity before noon.

There was also a temporary clinic at the Fred Barrett Arena, which stopped giving out wristbands-passes by early morning.
The Vanier-Richelieu clinic began turning people away at 1:25 p.m., but the clinic at 100 Constellation Cres. reported having 80 wristbands left.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/11/06/ottawa-pregnant-women-more-clinics.html

 

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Ottawa H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics

If you are sick, stay home.

Getting the H1N1 vaccination when you are sick reduces its effectiveness.You can get your vaccine at a later date. The federal government has ordered enough H1N1 vaccine for every Canadian that needs and wants to be immunized.
The H1N1vaccine is available free of charge to individuals who live, work and attend school in Ontario and Canada. Everyone is encouraged to get vaccinated where they live. (Information on H1N1 Clinics in the Province of Quebec)

At this time, Ottawa Public Health is providing the vaccine to the following high priority groups:

• <LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: -20px">People 6 months old to 65-years-old with chronic medical conditions <LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: -20px">Healthy children between 6 months and five years of age <LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: -20px">Health care workers <LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: -20px">Household contacts and care providers of infants younger than six months and people with compromised immune systems
• Pregnant women: Pregnant women will also have the option to receive the non-adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine.

Persons with a disability who fall into one of these priority groups and health care workers should identify themselves to staff managing the vaccination clinics to ensure they are directed to the appropriate line
We will let residents know when the H1N1 clinics will provide the vaccine to the general population.
To facilitate the process at the clinics, please download, read and complete the following 3-page form. Bring all 3 pages with you to the clinic. Each individual getting vaccinated must have their own form. The form is also available at the clinics.
Consent form [PDF 76 KB]
What to do when you get to your H1N1 clinic

Special one day clinic for pregnant women only

The Ottawa Hospital will be operating this clinic on Saturday, November 7 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Riverside Campus site at 1967 Riverside Drive. The clinic is for pregnant women only and will not be open to the general public.
Pregnant women who want the non-adjuvanted vaccine have additional options. Ottawa Public Health will continue to offer both the non-adjuvanted and adjuvanted vaccine to pregnant women at all of its fixed sites and roving clinics. For more information?
Vaccine clinics from October 26 to November 27 - Fixed sites
Google Maps locations of H1N1 clinics

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=96 bgColor=#f2f2f2>East

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=251 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Orl?ans Client Service Centre
255 Centrum, Orl?ans
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</TD><TD vAlign=top width=219 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Monday to Friday: 2:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=96 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=251 bgColor=#cecece>Vanier Richelieu Community Centre
300 Des P?res Blancs, Vanier
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Clinics cancelled from Nov. 19-22

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=219 bgColor=#cecece>Monday to Friday: 2:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 3 pm
Clinics cancelled from Nov. 19-22

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=96 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=251 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Tom Brown Arena
141 Bayview, Ottawa
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</TD><TD vAlign=top width=219 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Monday to Friday: 2:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=96 bgColor=#cecece>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=251 bgColor=#cecece>City of Ottawa ?Administrative Building
100 Constellation, Nepean
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</TD><TD vAlign=top width=219 bgColor=#cecece>Monday to Friday: 5 to 9 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=96 bgColor=#f2f2f2>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=251 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Kanata Recreation Complex
100 Walter Baker, Kanata
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</TD><TD vAlign=top width=219 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Monday to Friday: 2:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 3 pm

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Roving clinic sites (Google Maps locations of H1N1 clinics)

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</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Location

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>Time

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>5

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>5

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Ron Kolbus Centre (Britannia Park)
102 Greenview Avenue, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>6

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>7

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>8

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>9

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>10

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>11

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>12

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>13

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>14

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>14

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>East

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>R.J. Kennedy Community Centre
1115 Dunning Road, Cumberland [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>15

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>16

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier West, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>4 to 9 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>16

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>17

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>18

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier West, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>18

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>19

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>20

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>21

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>22

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>23

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Walter Baker Sport Centre
100 Malvern, Barrhaven [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>23

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Jim Durrell Arena
1265 Walkley Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>23

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Osgoode Community Centre
5660 Main Street, Osgoode [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>23

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier West, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>4 to 9 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>24

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Walter Baker Sport Centre
100 Malvern, Barrhaven [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>24

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>25

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>West Carleton Community Complex
5670 Carp Road, Kinburn [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>25

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>25

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Central

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier West, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>9 am to 3 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>26

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Alfred Taylor Community Centre
2300 Community Way, North Gower [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>26

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#cecece>27

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#cecece>West

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#cecece>Stittsville and District Community Centre
10 Warner Colpitts Lane, Stittsville [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#cecece>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=87 bgColor=#f2f2f2>27

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=64 bgColor=#f2f2f2>South

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=264 bgColor=#f2f2f2>Fred G. Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa [map]

</TD><TD vAlign=top width=118 bgColor=#f2f2f2>2:30 to 8:30 pm

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/health/conditions/swine_influenza/h1n1_clinics_en.html#P25_2467

 

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Re: Ontario - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

Vaccine clinics accepting more people

Vaccines for H1N1 still available in Timmins

Updated 2 hours ago

Porcupine Health Unit opens H1N1 Clinics to School-Aged Children and Seniors.

The Porcupine Health Unit announced today it is expanding its H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinics to include children up to and including 18 years of age and seniors with chronic health problems.

Dr. Susan Kaczmarek, Medical Officer of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit said, "It makes sense to start looking at other populations, now that it looks like those in the priority groups who want the vaccine have received it." She explained that the Porcupine Health Unit has enough of a surplus of the vaccine to continue its clinics this week with the expanded target population. Dr. Kaczmarek added, "We know that the initial rush among the first group of priority populations is slowing down, and that many family physicians have been putting in the extra effort to make sure that their high-risk clients have received the shot."

One of the reasons given is that attendance at the "high risk, high priority" clinics has dropped so the health unit is opening the doors to more citizens.

According to Lynn Leggett, Manager of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Services, "It's clear that attendance is down at our clinics. We have the vaccine and we have the clinics booked, so we can move on to the next priority group."


Across the district, clinics will start immunizing both new groups this week, as well as continuing to immunize those in the previously-established priority group, which includes: pregnant women, people under 65 with chronic conditions, people who live with or care for infants under six months and immuno-compromised people, health care workers, and people living in remote or isolated communities.

Dr. Kaczmarek encourages seniors to think about visiting their health care providers, rather than a health unit clinic: "We know that many of the family physicians across our area are doing a great job of vaccinating their clients and we hope that seniors will now give them a call to make arrangements for the vaccine." She adds, "Opening our clinics to this combination of groups will help more of those who wish to have the vaccine."

Following are the Vaccine Clinic Schedules as of 9:00 a.m. Monday

-Monday, November 9 (targeting children 5 to 18)
12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Timcor Building, 273 Third Ave., 3rd floor

-Tuesday, November 10 (targeting seniors with chronic conditions) 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Timcor Building, 273 Third Ave., 3rd floor

-Thursday, November 12 12:30 p.m., to 7:00 p.m. at the Timcor Building, 273 Third Ave., 3rd floor

-Friday, November 13 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Timcor Building, 273 Third Ave., 3rd floor

Clinic schedules are subject to change and are posted on the Porcupine Health Unit web site at www.porcupinehu.on.ca.

http://www.timminstimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2167410

 

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Re: Ontario - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

Health officials in Ottawa say the city has enough H1N1 vaccine to last for the next few days.

Ottawa has enough H1N1 vaccine for next few days

Updated: Mon Nov. 09 2009 11:07:11

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Health officials in Ottawa say they have enough H1N1 vaccine to get through the next three of four days.

After a slowdown in production last week, the provinces and territories are expected to get an additional two million individual doses of the vaccine before week's end.

Although some parts of Ontario are reporting a decline in swine flu-related cases; public health agencies in eastern Ontario and west Quebec reported five swine flu-related deaths last week.

So far, there have been 115 deaths related to swine flu across the country.


http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091109/OTT_Flu_091108/20091109/?hub=OttawaHome

 

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Re: Ontario - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

Ontario: New shipment of H1N1 vaccine has arrived

November 9, 2009
Theresa Boyle

Ontario has received a shipment of 777,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine today, but has to sit on half of it until it gets approval for release from Ottawa, says health ministry spokesperson David Jensen.

The shipment includes 395,000 doses of adjuvanted vaccine and 375,000 of the unadjuvanted shot. It's the latter category that requires special approval before release. Unadjuvanted vaccine is recommended for use by pregnant woman. Until now, Canada has been using unadjuvanted vaccine produced in Austrailia. The new shipment of unadjuvanted vaccine is Canadian made at the the GlaxoSmithKline plant in Quebec. Because of drug regulations, Ottawa must sign off on it before it can be used.

The province's 36 public health units, some of which have run out of vaccine can soon restock.

"After receiving the shipment today, we will repackage the vaccine on Tuesday and ship the 395,000 doses of adjuvanted vaccine out to the public health units on Wednesday," Jensen said.


http://www.healthzone.ca/health/new...ario-new-shipment-of-h1n1-vaccine-has-arrived