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Trempealeau County plans flu shot clinics

Whitehall, Wisconsin (WXOW) - The Trempealeau County Health Department announces a series of H1N1 vaccination clinics.  The clinics are dependent up on the availability of the vaccine supply.

Here are the dates and requirements of the clinics:

• Per State guidelines, only persons in these most-at-risk target groups are eligible to receive vaccine at this time due to limited supply:
• Pregnant women
• Persons who live with or provide care for infants age 6 months or younger
• (examples: parents, siblings, daycare providers)
• Health care and emergency medical services personnel who have direct contact with patients
• Children aged 6 months - 4 years of age
• Children 5 - 18 years of age who have asthma or diabetes, or other chronic medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.

• Persons in the target groups may attend any clinic location, regardless of place of residence
• Scheduled clinics are subject to change - dependent on vaccine supply
• Clinics will remain open only while vaccine supplies last
• H1N1 vaccine is free