BREAKING NEWS: Vernon vaccination clinic added for Saturday
Interior Health has announced Friday that the combination flu clinics providing H1N1 vaccination to anyone six months or older within Interior Health that needs or wants it, as well as the seasonal flu shot to those 65 years and older and those at risk of health complications from the seasonal flu will expand in several Interior cities.
The expansion will take effect tomorrow (Saturday). A clinic will be held at Okanagan College from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“Many of our clinics this week have not been running at full capacity, so it is only fair to open up the eligibility criteria for H1N1 vaccine to everyone that wants it”, says IH Senior Medical Health Officer, Dr. Andrew Larder. “We do not want to have vaccine sitting in our fridges. Our goal is to get the H1N1 vaccine into as many arms as possible.”
To help meet the expected increase in demand and reach people that are busy during work or school hours, many of Interior Health’s flu clinics are being scheduled into the evening and on weekends.
WEEKEND CLINICS IN THE NORTH OKANAGAN:
FRIDAY:
Enderby Enderby Seniors Complex 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY:
Vernon Okanagan College – Vernon Campus 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
H1N1 Vaccine Dosing for Kids:
On Nov. 13, The Public Health Agency of Canada updated its recommendations on H1N1 flu vaccine dosing for children between three and nine years of age. The updated recommendations suggest that a single half-dose of adjuvanted H1N1 flu vaccine for healthy children may provide an acceptable level of protection from infection from the H1N1 flu virus.
To Find the Clinic Nearest You
Details about times, dates and locations of the clinic nearest you the following week – where you can get both the H1N1 vaccine and a seasonal flu shot – will be posted by end of day Wednesday at:
Flu Clinic Locator at www.immunizebc.ca
HealthLink BC, dial 8-1-1, available 24 hours a day
Your local Public Health Centre.
For the week of Nov. 23, people living in communities where there will not be a mass clinic nearby, are directed to attend the nearest clinic to them or check with their family physician or walk-in clinics to see if they have vaccine available.
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