CARROLL
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
H1N1 (SWINE) FLU UPDATE
4 NOVEMBER 2009
NOTE: The perspective of the coming Updates
will be somewhat changed. As increasing
amounts of H1N1 vaccine comes into the County, the Updates will focus
more on CCHD’s mass vaccination centers (MVC)
specifically and vaccination issues in general.
The
MVCs scheduled for Saturday November 7, 2009 at
Northwest Middle School in Taneytown and Winters Mill High School in
Westminster HAVE BEEN CANCELED due to lack of vaccine.
The
next scheduled MVC will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the Carroll
County Agricultural Center – Shipley Arena, 706 Agricultural Center,
Westminster. Hours are 11:00 am to
7:00 pm or until vaccine is exhausted. This MVC is still only for the Centers for
Disease Control’s initial priority groups, which are:
·
Pregnant women
·
Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of
age
·
Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel
·
Children and young adults aged 6 months to 24 years
·
Persons aged 25 through 64 with chronic medical conditions which place
them at greater risk of medical complication from influenza
When
CCHD staff arrive at a MVC, they will hand out numbered index cards equal to
the number of doses on hand to the people in line. This should avoid individuals from waiting an
inordinate amount of time only to be turned away at the door.
(subject to vaccine
availability)
Saturday, November 14 at
Parr’s Ridge Elementary School
Saturday, November 14 at
North Carroll Middle School
Wednesday, November 18 at
the Manchester Activities Building
(clinic times to be
announced)
www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov
for
up to date information.