CDHC exhausts vaccine supply

The Central District Health Department exhausted its supply of children's seasonal flu vaccine and is encouraging the public to seek the vaccine from other providers in the community.

Vaccine manufacturers have been concentrating on production of the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine. As a result, there are fewer doses of seasonal vaccine available.

No new shipments of seasonal flu vaccine are expected until mid-November. CDHD stopped offering adult vaccinations March 1, including the seasonal flu vaccine. It offers children's vaccinations, but is without seasonal flu vaccine at this time.

CDHD also has received the first small delivery of H1N1 flu vaccine, but the shipment didn't include enough doses for the health district to execute plans for large scale vaccination clinics.

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