[Dewey-Darrow] Fw: Press Release: City to Hold Third H1N1 Vaccination Clinic by Appointment Only

[Mary Jo Wisniewski]

--- On Tue, 12/8/09, City of Evanston <epalmer at cityofevanston.org> wrote:


From: City of Evanston <epalmer at cityofevanston.org>
Subject: Press Release: City to Hold Third H1N1 Vaccination Clinic by Appointment Only
To: "Mary Wisniewski" <jowiz at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 5:27 PM






















FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2009 
Contact:  Eric Palmer
Phone:    847/448-8085







City to Hold Third H1N1 Vaccination Clinic by Appointment Only  
EVANSTON, IL - The Evanston Health and Human Services Department will be holding its third H1N1 Public Vaccination Clinic December 19 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.which will be by appointment only at Evanston Township High School (Bacon Cafeteria entrance at rear of building, 1600 Dodge Ave.). This Clinic will only be available for residents who fit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) priority groups.
Priority Groups: 
• Pregnant women;
• People who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age;
• Health care and emergency medical services personnel (EMTs/paramedics); 
• All people ages six (6) months through 24 years of age; and
• Persons aged 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza. 
“The City’s Health and Human Services Department also reminds parents whose children are less than ten years of age who received their first H1N1 vaccine need to get their second dosage of the H1N1 vaccine,” explained the Director of the Evanston Health and Human Service Department Evonda Thomas. “Parents must bring proof of the first H1N1vaccination with them to the clinic.”
Residents who wish to make an appointment for the H1N1 Public Clinic must contact the City’s Emergency Response Coordinator A-Reum Han at 847/859-7829 or e-mail her ahan at cityofevanston.org. 
Please alert the clinic staff if you have received seasonal flu mist in the last 30 days. Please be prepared to show proof of residency and verification of the priority group to which you belong.
The department wants to reiterate to residents that the clinic is ONLY for those who meet the CDC priority groups. Additionally, the department is stressing the high importance of the need for pregnant women and pre-school children to get vaccinated against H1N1.
Parents/guardians must have a signed consent form completed for children 18 and under in order for them to receive the H1N1 vaccination.  Children at least six months of age but younger than 10 years of age will need to have two doses of the H1N1 vaccine, separated by 28 days. 
Further information on H1N1 and updates on vaccine availability will be posted on the Health and Human Services Department’s website at www.cityofevanston.org/health. 
 



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