Macomb County Announces Two Additional Communitywide H1N1 Flu Vaccine Clinics Saturday, Nov. 14 and 21; Clinic For Health Care Workers Only Set F...(lled to receive vaccine for their patien...),Health

All three clinics will offer both the injectable and nasal spray vaccine, free of charge. Macomb County continues to receive additional shipments of vaccine regularly. Please visit the Web site, www.macombcountymi.gov/publichealth or call the Macomb County flu hot line at 586.466.7923, regularly for updated clinic dates and locations.

Due to limited availability of vaccine, the Macomb County Health Department is serving only those in the following high-risk groups at this time through the Saturday clinics:

INJECTABLE VACCINE

• Pregnant women
• New parents and household contacts of children less than 6 months of age
• Healthy children and young adults 6 months through 24 years of age
• Health care and emergency medical services workers (regardless of age)
• Adults ages 25 to 64 years of age with high-risk medical conditions that increase risk of complications from influenza
  

NASAL VACCINE

Healthy, nonpregnant persons who:

• Are from 2 through 24 years of age
• Are from 25 through 49 years of age and live with or care for infants younger than 6 months of age
• Are health care or emergency medical services workers and are from 25 through 49 years of age
  

Children under 10 years old need two doses of vaccine to receive adequate immunity. These children need to wait at least 28 days before receiving the second dose.

(Editor's note: There is also a communitywide clinic TOMORROW, Sat., Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Freedom Hill. At least 3,000 doses of vaccine will be available there free of charge. Both the nasal spray and injectable versions of the vaccine will be offered.)

SOURCE Macomb County Health Department