The Forsyth County Health Department said yesterday that it will hold a clinic for H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at its office at 799 N. Highland Ave.
People eligible for the swine-flu vaccine remain: pregnant women; children and young adults from 6 months to 24; caregivers of children younger than 6 months; health-care workers; and people age 25 to 64 who have such chronic health conditions as asthma, diabetes, anemia, other blood disorders, heart, lung, kidney or liver disease.
The vaccines will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dr. Tim Monroe, the department's director, did not say how many doses were on hand. "There will be plenty for first doses and booster doses, and we do anticipate having enough for the whole 10 hours," he said.
A shortage of the vaccine in mid-November led some parents to worry about children under age 10 not getting a booster shot in a timely fashion.
Although the booster should come within four weeks of the first dose, health officials said there is no reason for concern if it is given several weeks later.
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