DELAND -- The Volusia County Health Department will conduct a free H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinic targeting students in DeLand, Deltona and Orange City Saturday, Nov. 14.
The school vaccination clinic will take place between the hours of 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. or until the vaccine supply has been exhausted.
The vaccination clinic will take place at Pine Ridge High School, 926 Howland Blvd., Deltona. This clinic is for students, teachers, and school staff who live in the Deltona area (ZIP codes 32713, 32725, 32738, and 32764) and DeLand/Orange City/Lake Helen areas (ZIP codes
32720, 32724, 32744 and 32763).
The clinics are targeting the following groups:
● Public schools
● Private schools
● Child care centers
● Pre-kindergarten
● Head Start
● Charter schools
● Home-schools
The clinic will offer the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine and the injectable vaccine. The nasal vaccine is sprayed in the nose and is approved for
healthy people between the ages of 2 and 49. The injectable vaccine is injected in the arm muscle. Both vaccines are safe and effective
protection against the H1N1 swine flu virus, according to Volusia County Health Department Director Dr. Bonnie Sorensen.
Persons who are being targeted by this school vaccination clinic who cannot attend will have other opportunities to receive the vaccine.
Locations, dates and times will be announced as the vaccine continues to arrive in Volusia County.
H1N1 swine flu vaccinations are voluntary. Residents may visit www.VolusiaHealth.com and click on Let’s Fight Flu Together for detailed information about the vaccine and to print a vaccine consent form, which must be signed by the person receiving the vaccine or the
child’s parent/guardian before the vaccine will be administered. Vaccine information and consent forms also will be available at the school vaccination clinic and in the school offices of the public and private schools in the area. Residents are encouraged to complete the consent form in advance and bring to the clinic to expedite the process.
Residents also can view H1N1 swine flu information and print a consent form using Volusia County public library computers. For a complete list of library locations, visit www.VolusiaLibrary.org.
Children 9 years and younger should get two doses of the vaccine. Children should receive the second dose of the vaccine 21 to 28 days
later at the nearest health department clinic. For a complete list of health department clinics, please visit www.VolusiaHealth.com. Children
10 and older require only one dose of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine to be protected.
People who have a severe (life-threatening) allergy to eggs or any other substance in the vaccine should not get H1N1 swine flu vaccine.
For more information about H1N1 swine flu, visit www.VolusiaHealth.com and click on the Let’s Fight Flu Together banner or call the Volusia
County Health Department Flu Information Line at (866) 821-7704.