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Public H1N1 Clinics for High-Risk Individuals Scheduled This Weekend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2009

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Julie Pryde, Administrator
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Public H1N1 Clinics for High-Risk Individuals Scheduled This Weekend

The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and Carle Clinic will be Holding Public H1N1 Clinics November 21st & 22nd

CHAMPAIGN, IL— The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) and Carle Clinic will be administering H1N1 vaccinations to high-risk groups November 21 – 22 in Champaign and Urbana. 

“Our plan is to vaccinate those priority groups identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as we continue to receive H1N1 vaccine,” said Julie A. Pryde, Administrator of CUPHD.

Saturday, November 21
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
W. Kenyon Road, Champaign
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Drive-thru clinic

Sunday, November 22
Lincoln Square Village  201
201 Lincoln Square, Urbana
12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Walk-in clinic

“We’re glad to partner with CUPHD and provide vaccinations to individuals classified as high-risk at the H1N1 clinics,” said Thomas Sutter, DO, MPH, division head, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Carle Clinic. “We also partnered to administer vaccine at schools. Carle Clinic will continue to offer vaccine at our Champaign on Curtis and Urbana on Windsor locations as supplies last.”

 H1N1 injectable vaccine will only be available to:

  • Ages 6 months to 24 years
  • Second dose (booster) for children 9 years and younger
  • Pregnant women
  • Individuals living with and caregivers to infants younger than 6 months
  • Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel
  • Individuals 25 – 64 years who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications including:
    • Heart disease o Diabetes
    • Asthma or other chronic lung diseases
    • Kidney disease o Suppressed immune systems
    • Neurological and neuromuscular disorders

The H1N1 nasal mist will also be available for those ages 2 to 49 without underlying health conditions.

Non-perishable food items will be collected during the two-day clinic and will be delivered to area food pantries.  Both CUPHD and Carle Clinic will offer a chance to Fight Flu & Fight Hunger!

Call (217) 531-5369 for more information.

 

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