El Dorado H1N1 clinic set
The El Dorado County Health Services Department will hold its first community flu shot clinic offering the H1N1 vaccine.
The clinic for high-risk individuals is scheduled from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville.
The vaccine is offered free of charge and will be administered based on availability. Additional clinics will be scheduled as more vaccine is received, according to a county Health Department news release.
Individuals targeted to receive the vaccine at the Dec. 2 clinic include pregnant women; household contacts and caregivers of infants younger than 6 months; people 6 months through 24 years old; people 25 through 64 who have medical conditions that put them at risk for flu-related complications; and health-care workers and emergency medical personnel.
For updated information on H1N1 flu, see the Web site at www.edcgov.us/publichealth.