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Saginaw County H1N1 Flu Clinic Held Friday

Health Officials Announce Another Clinic For Monday

POSTED: 10:41 pm EDT October 28, 2009
UPDATED: 1:13 pm EDT October 30, 2009

Saginaw County held its first public H1N1 flu clinic Friday. The clinic was held from 9 a.m. to noon at Carrollton Middle School.

Carrollton Middle School was chosen as the first clinic site because of logistics and its involvement in disaster preparedness planning.

Public health officer Natasha Coulouris said the every one who showed up and fit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention priority group requirements got the shot.

That group includes pregnant women, people caring for children younger than six months, health care workers, children 6 months to 4 years of age and children 5 to 18 with medical conditions.

"This is has been a massive effort and our staff has really stepped up to the challenge," Coulouris said. "Everyone was so corporative and really grateful."

The Saginaw County Department of Public Health will hold another public flu clinic Monday at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw starting at 2 p.m.

"People shouldn’t panic if they didn’t receive the shot," Coulouris said. "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Watch: Saginaw County Flu Clinic Over, Next One Planned

In Bay County, a public flu clinic will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at St. Stan’s Parish Center.

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Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Thursday it is on track to meet its U.S. government order for swine flu vaccine, seeking to calm fears in recent weeks that shipments and vaccination programs may be delayed.

The Basel-based company said it already has delivered more than 7.5 million doses of vaccine for the A(H1N1) flu that the World Health Organization vaccines declared a pandemic in June.

Novartis said it expects to send 25-30 million doses to the United States by the end of November.

As of late Wednesday, approximately 635,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine were ordered and shipped to Michigan.

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