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The Osceola County Health Department will continue administering doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine this week, health department officials announced Monday, Nov. 30.
On Tuesday Dec. 1, the department will host its second vaccine clinic at the First Baptist Church of St. Cloud for children who attend public, private and charter schools nearby. Children in childcare centers, Head Start, pre-school and pre-kindergarten programs also will be able to receive the vaccines at no cost. The clinic will last from 4 to 8 p.m. at the church, 1717 13th St., along U.S. Highway 192.
According to a department press release, Tuesday’s clinic will distribute vaccines for children living and going to school in the following ZIP codes: 34744, 34746, 34747, 34769 and 34771.
The department said it has future events tentatively scheduled, with plans to administer the vaccine to children living and attending school in the Poinciana area, as well as children in eastern and western Osceola County.
Health providers around Osceola County also are continuing to receive doses of the vaccines, which are being disbursed to obstetricians, pediatricians, walk-in clinics and other physicians who serve the priority groups and are registered in Florida SHOTS, a statewide database for health care providers and schools.
The Centers for Disease Control is recommending the vaccines for priority groups. The groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months old, anyone from 6 months to 24 years old and people 25 to 64 years old who have medical conditions that can put them at high-risk for flu-related complications.
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