More Flu Clinics Planned
Photos by Shelley Hanson
Students sit in the waiting area after receiving the swine, or H1N1, flu vaccine Friday at Wheeling Middle School. About 330 students from Wheeling Middle, and Bethlehem, Madison and Ritchie elementary schools were inoculated.
Several new swine, or H1N1, flu clinics are in the works, including one for children 6-35 months old today at the Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville. The mall clinic is slated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Parents or guardians should use the main mall entrance beside Garfield’s restaurant. “No other vaccines will be available at this clinic, and we are limited to only 300 doses at the clinic. There will be no pre-registration, and it will be a first-come, first-served basis,” a Belmont County Health Department news release states. Meanwhile, students who attend eight different schools in Ohio County will be offered the swine flu vaccine during three separate clinics next week. According to a news release from the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department, the following clinics have been scheduled: ? For students of Bridge Street Middle School, Elm Grove and Middle Creek elementary schools from 3:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bridge Street Middle School Gym. ? For students of Warwood Middle School, Corpus Christi, Warwood and West Liberty elementary schools from 3:30-8 p.m. Thursday at Warwood Middle School Gym. ? For students of Wheeling Park High School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at WPHS Activities Center. In Monroe County, swine flu clinics also are set next week for people in various priority groups. According to a Monroe County Health Department news release, a walk-in clinic is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursda.
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