There are more chances for people in the 13-county East Central Health District to get vaccinated against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, the health district announced Wednesday.
The vaccinations are only for those in the priority group: pregnant women; children and young adults ages 6 months to 24 years old; adults 25 to 64 with underlying health problems such as asthma or diabetes; caregivers of an infant less than 6 months old; and health care workers.
The clinics will depend on the availability of the vaccine, and special clinics will close once the supply runs out.
Georgia has been allotted 850,400 doses of the vaccine against the new virus and has ordered 745,700 so far, with the rest being ordered by early next week, according to an e-mail from Georgia Division of Public Health spokeswoman Ravae Graham.
WHERE TO GO
RICHMOND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT , 950 Laney-Walker Blvd., 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. today, Friday, Monday and Tuesday
COLUMBIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
- 5-7 p.m. today at Appling clinic, 6420 Pollards Pond Road; (706) 541-1318
- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Evans Government Center Auditorium, Building A, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive
- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Grovetown City Hall, 103 Old Wrightsboro Road
BURKE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
MCDUFFIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays
JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
JENKINS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
- 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday
- 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
SCREVEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday
WILKES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today
WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 4 to 6 p.m. Monday
Reach Tom Corwin at (706) 823-3213 or tom.corwin@augustachronicle.com.
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A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that of the 36 children who died from H1N1 from April to August, six had no chronic health conditions. But all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection. The most common co-occurring infection that causes flu-related deaths is staphylococcus aureus. A third of the population carries it, most in their nose or on their skin. The flu causes upper respiratory damage, which allows the staph to make its way into the lungs.