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| NEWS RELEASE |
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dawn D. Dudley |
Date: 11/06/2009
Phone:
560-0002
/Fax: 560-0020
e-mail: ddudley@durhamcountync.gov |
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H1N1 Vaccination Clinic for High-Risk Persons on Wednesday, Free Shuttle Available
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What: |
H1N1 Vaccination Clinic for high-risk
persons
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Who: |
Durham County Health
Department
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When: |
Wednesday, November 11,
2009
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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Where: |
Durham National Guard
Armory
801 Stadium Drive |
Fast
Facts:
- Durham County Health
Department has received a shipment of the H1N1 vaccine. While supplies last the vaccines will
be offered to high-risk persons that are a part of the H1N1 vaccine priority
group.
- High-risk persons
eligible to receive a vaccination include pregnant women, caregiver and
household contacts of infants younger than six months old, persons six months
to 24 years old, persons 25 years to 64 years old with medical conditions and
healthcare and emergency medical services personnel.
- Persons under 18
years of age must be accompanied by a parent of legal guardian.
- Visitors of the H1N1 Vaccination Clinic can either park on
site or ride a free bus shuttle running from the Health Department, located at
414 East Main Street, to the Durham National Guard Armory during clinic
hours. Buses will return patients
to the Health Department.
- The Health Department plans to begin holding regularly
scheduled clinics on Wednesdays based upon vaccine availability.
- For more information
about the upcoming H1N1 Vaccination Clinic, call the H1N1 Vaccine Information Line at
919-560-7882. For additional information about
the H1N1 vaccine, residents are advised to visit the Durham County
Health Department website.
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