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H1N1 vaccine to be distributed at clinic

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By HERNANDO TODAY STAFF

The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 21, 2009

BROOKSVILLE - The Hernando County Health Department has received its first shipment of H1N1 (swine) flu injectable vaccine.

These first 1,100 doses will be distributed to local obstetricians and pediatricians as well as at a health department-sponsored community H1N1 vaccination clinic from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Nature Coast Technical High School, 4057 California St. in Brooksville.

People should enter the school using the entrance behind Chocachatti Elementary School on Powell Road. This entrance will take residents to the back side of the high school where they can park. The clinic will be held in the cafeteria.

The clinic will provide 750 free vaccinations, on a first-come, first-served basis that day. Tickets for vaccinations will be distributed beginning at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are numbered and include time slots, so residents can wait for the vaccination or return at their appointment time.

As additional shipments of vaccine are received, the health department will continue to provide it to doctors and health care providers, emergency medical workers, clinics and to the community through community-based vaccine clinics.

People targeted for this first supply of vaccine are:

•Pregnant women.

Caregivers and family members of infants 6 months of age and younger.

Persons 6 months to age 24.

Persons 25 to 64 years old with chronic medical conditions.

Health care and emergency medical services workers who provide direct patient care.

For more information on H1N1 (swine) flu and vaccine, visit www.myflusafety.com or call 877-352-3581.

For more information on Hernando County health department-sponsored vaccination clinics, call 352-540-6855.

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