Harford Health Department Continues Reaching Out to Communities to Offer H1N1 Vaccines

From the Harford County Health Department:

Bel Air, MD – February 18, 2010 – The Harford County Health Department continues to reach out to Harford County’s local communities by offering several no-cost H1N1 injectable and FluMist vaccination clinics on Saturday, February 20th.

All clinics will be conducted at no cost to the general public between 10:00am and 2:00pm, on a “no-appointment, walk-up” basis only at the following locations.

– ShopRite of Cardiff, located at 1606 Dooley Road, Cardiff, MD, 21160
– ShopRite of Forest Hill, located at 2101 Rock Spring Road, Forest Hill, MD, 21050
– Jarrettsville Fire Company, located at 4825 Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville, MD 21084

Harford County Health Officer Susan Kelly reiterates to the public that, “We’ve not seen the last of the H1N1 flu in Harford County. Currently, it remains in circulation and there is still a need for folks to be vaccinated.” According to officials at the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the H1N1 influenza is expected to circulate for at least several more months and continues to cause hospitalizations and deaths.

Since having received a sizeable delivery of H1N1 flu vaccine in the final weeks of 2009, the Health Department has held flu vaccination clinics in the Town of Bel Air at the historic Armory building, in the cities of Aberdeen and Havre de Grace, at the Harford Mall, and, in partnership with Klein’s ShopRite, at their store locations in Riverside and Aberdeen.

As a reminder, H1N1 flu vaccinations also continue to be offered on a “walk-in” basis at the Health Department’s Woodbridge operations center on Wednesdays from 1:30 – 4:30pm and Fridays, from 8:30am – 4:30pm throughout the month of February.

For current information vaccination clinic schedules, visit the Harford County Health Department website at www.harfordcountyhealth.com or call 410-612-1779.