Next H1N1 Clinics for High Risk Groups Only

Inorder to accommodate the high volumes of people in “high risk”categories wanting to get the H1N1 vaccine, the following clinics willbe for these groups only.

H1N1 Vaccine “High Risk” Group Clinics:

Monday, November 2nd

St. Peter’s Church

299 Airport Road, North Bay  - 12 noon until 8 pm

Tuesday November 3rd

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 467

45 Ontario Street, Sundridge  - 10 am until 2 pm

Tuesday November 3rd

Health Unit – Parry Sound Mall

70 Joseph Street, Parry Sound  - 12 noon until 6 pm

High-risk groups include:

• children between 6 months and less than five years of age;
• household members and care providers of persons at high risk;
• pregnant women and women who gave birth within the last six weeks, in discussion with their health care provider;
• First Nations people;
• those under the age of 65 with chronic medical conditions or who are extremely obese;
• Health care workers.

This weekend the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit held two H1N1 vaccination clinics at Memorial Gardens Arena in North Bay.  During these clinics almost 4,000 people received the H1N1 vaccine.

A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped promote the clinics this weekend by posting signs, distributing emails, and making announcements over their public address systems in their stores.  Thank you also goes out to all personnel who worked and volunteered at the clinics.  The success of these clinics would not have been possible without all of you!

Special thanks to Near North District School Board and in particular to Heli Val who sent an announcement out to all families who are part of their school community on Sunday letting them know that the clinic was available on Sunday.

For more information on the H1N1 situation and immunization clinics in our area, visit the Health Unit website at www.healthunit.biz call us at (705) 474-1400, or toll-free at 1-800-563-2808.

Dr. Jim Chirico,

Acting Medical Officer of Health