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Push Continues To Vaccinate Students For H1N1
Metro Health Department Hopes To Vaccinate Thousands More
POSTED: 12:13 pm CST January 25, 2010
UPDATED: 7:52 pm CST January 25, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Metro Health Department is continuing its push to fight H1N1 by vaccinating students throughout public school system.
Watch This StoryAbout half of Metro students signed up for the shot or mist vaccination when it was first available in September. Since then, that number has dropped at middle and high schools.To help, the Metro Health Department is revisiting several schools in the area."Ten schools is a massive undertaking (which includes) equipment, vaccine, plus staffing 10 schools," said Becky Green with the health department. "It has taken an enormous amount of our resources."The department hopes to vaccinate several thousand students in Metro Schools before Feb. 4.Children who are not able to get their vaccination at school can still get a shot at the Lentz Public Health Center in Nashville. The center is open to the public. The vaccinations are free.
Watch This StoryAbout half of Metro students signed up for the shot or mist vaccination when it was first available in September. Since then, that number has dropped at middle and high schools.To help, the Metro Health Department is revisiting several schools in the area."Ten schools is a massive undertaking (which includes) equipment, vaccine, plus staffing 10 schools," said Becky Green with the health department. "It has taken an enormous amount of our resources."The department hopes to vaccinate several thousand students in Metro Schools before Feb. 4.Children who are not able to get their vaccination at school can still get a shot at the Lentz Public Health Center in Nashville. The center is open to the public. The vaccinations are free.
Previous Stories:
- January 18, 2010: Health Department Issues H1N1 Reminder
- January 16, 2010: Metro Health Department Offers Free H1N1 Vaccines
- December 24, 2009: Child Develops H1N1 After Receiving Vaccine
- December 24, 2009: Tenn. Received Recalled Vaccine
- December 17, 2009: Recalled Vaccine Sent To Health Providers
- December 16, 2009: Hundreds Of Thousands Of H1N1 Shots Recalled
- December 11, 2009: H1N1 Clinics Set Up At Malls This Weekend
- December 1, 2009: H1N1 Shots Now Open To Everyone
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