West Allis takes a shot at smaller flu clinics for now
West Allis — The West Allis-West Milwaukee Health Departments has plans to offer the swine flu vaccinations through the end of the year but has not yet scheduled a large, open public clinic.
The Health Department has held three HINI vaccine clinics focusing on pregnant women and "medically fragile" children, Health Commissioner Terry Brandenburg said.
Health officials will continue to focus on additional priority groups, including household contacts of infants younger than 6 months, children ages 6 months to 4 years old, health care workers, and children between 5 and 18 years old with certain medical conditions.
"Until we get a larger, more consistent flow of vaccine, we will be attempting to serve these priority groups in multiple, small clinics," Brandenburg said.
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