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Free Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic October 7-8 at Riverstone

CTV STAFF
Thursday, October 02, 2008

Cherokee County's Free Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic will be held Tuesday, October 7 and Wednesday, October 8 at Riverstone Plaza in Canton. Shots will be available only for adults 18 and older.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., both days. The shopping center is on Riverstone Parkway.

The free clinic is made possible by a Public Health Enhancement Grant that allows the North Georgia Health District to obtain a limited supply of influenza vaccine, officials say.

"Our county health departments will administer free flu vaccine to adults ages 18 and older as part of emergency preparedness exercises during the month of October," said Dr. Harold Pitts, health director of the North Georgia Health District, which includes Cherokee and five other counties.

"We are encouraging adults who are most in need of receiving this limited supply of free shots to participate in these clinics," Pitts said. "Our goal is to increase flu vaccination rates among the most vulnerable of our adult population, including the uninsured and underinsured."

Although the emergency preparedness clinics focus on adults, health district officials say, children ages six months and older can receive flu vaccine at the local health departments and local healthcare providers, as always.

For information, call the Cherokee County Health Department at (770) 345-7371 (Canton) or (770) 928-0133 (Woodstock)