For Immediate Release:
November 4, 2009
Health Dept. phone: 732-431-7456
County looks to schedule more H1N1 vaccine clinics
Current appointment-only clinics are full
FREEHOLD TWP., NJ – The Monmouth County Health Department (MCHD) appointment-only H1N1 influenza vaccine clinics for pregnant women and children are full. Additional clinics will be scheduled as vaccine becomes available.
Residents are encouraged to check the countyWeb site daily for updated H1N1 flu clinic information. The countyWeb site is www.visitmonmouth.com.
“The MCHD continues to make the H1N1 vaccine available to people in the highest risk groups that are most susceptible to serious illness or death from the H1N1 influenza,” said Michael Meddis, county Public Health Coordinator. “As additional vaccine is produced and the county receives it, additional clinics and groups will be added.”
Under current guidelines, county residents eligible to participate in future vaccine clinics include:
- pregnant women
- people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age
- children 6 months through 4 years of age
- children 5 through 24 years of age who have chronic medical conditions or a weakend immune system
- emergency medical services personnel
Individuals who may not receive the H1N1 or any other influenza vaccine are those with an allergy to eggs and egg proteins, anyone with a previous life threatening reaction to a flu vaccine and individuals with a history of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Detailed information about the H1N1 flu is available from www.visitmonmouth.com that will provide you with links to the Health Department and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/) or you can call the county Health Department at 732-431-7456 or the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services at 866-321-3751.
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