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389,500 more H1N1 doses on order
Health departments and hospitals across the state will be getting another 389,500 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state Department of Health said.
State health officials on Friday, Oct. 30, ordered 60,800 doses of nasal spray vaccine and 328,700 shots of the H1N1 flu vaccine.
The doses are earmarked for health care workers, pregnant women, people who live with or care for children less than 6 months old, people ages 6 months to 24 years, and people 25 to 64 who have chronic medical conditions.
The orders should start arriving Nov. 3. Including the latest order, Ohio’s allotment so far is 984,700 doses.
For more information on vaccine availability, check the ODH Web site at http://www.flu.ohio.gov or call the ODH H1N1 information line at 1-866-800-1404 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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By Philman
November 2, 2009 8:58 PM | Link to this
You want govt. healthcare well here it is , they missed the boat on h1ni flu, they didnt get enough vaccine made, & the health care czar said she was going to send some to other countries to boot, so screw america, also look at page 1442 of dems healthcare bill, the dems have the audacity to kiss the a$$ of trial lawyers by stating they will withhold money from ANY STATE THAT ENACTS TORT REFORM of any kind, where is the LIBERAL msm, you know those people we used to call REPORTERS…