The Marion County and Marion City Health Departments will offer free shots against H1N1 influenza (swine flu) as soon as the vaccine is available. The funding for H1N1 vaccinations is being provided through a grant from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
The local health departments are working together to provide immunization clinics at various locations throughout the community. Once the vaccine arrives locally the clinic sites, dates and times will be announced.
The CDC has recommended that certain groups of the population receive the 2009 H1N1 vaccine when it first becomes available. These target groups include pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, healthcare and emergency medical services personnel, persons between the ages of 6 months and 24 years old and people ages of 25 through 64 years of age who are at higher risk for 2009 H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.
Once the target population has been served the clinics will open up to include the general population.
It's widely expected that doses of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccine will reach Ohio in October.
Pleasant confirmed a student at the middle school had the virus while over 330 kids in Delaware County’s Buckeye Valley district missed school on Wednesday, although there is no confirmation on potential H1N1 infections.