The Cleveland County Health Department has announced it has expanded the populations to receive the H1N1 vaccine. Priority groups include the following:
· Pregnant women
· Children from 6 months to 18 years of age
· Custodial Parents of infants under 6 months
· Persons aged 6 months to 18 years of age who have underlying medical conditions
Cleveland County Administrative Director Shari Kinney said Cleveland County Health Department will continue to receive more H1N1 vaccine in the coming weeks in both the nasal spray and injectable formulations.
"We will work with our local health care providers to provide the vaccine first to the priority groups that are most impacted by the new H1N1 virus," Kinney said.
The vaccines will be given out Friday at the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Moore Health Department, 224 S. Chestnut St. and the Norman Health Department 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Norman Health Department, 250 12th Ave. N.E.
Additional seasonal flu vaccine and H1N1 vaccine for adults should be available by the end of November.
For more information, contact the Cleveland County Health Department Moore office at 794-1591 or the Norman office at 321-4048.
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