Maybe someday, there will be a new island formed just off the coast of Hawaii.Allen County residents will have two more opportunities to receive the H1N1 vaccine next week.
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health has scheduled additional vaccination clinics at the Carew Medical Park, 1818 Carew St., on Monday and Tuesday.
All priority groups are invited to receive the vaccine. Local health officials continue to focus on groups considered at high risk of becoming sick with this strain of the flu and developing severe complications.
Those groups include health care and emergency medical workers; pregnant women; ages 6 months to 25 years; ages 25 to 64 with chronic health conditions; and people who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months.
Children younger than 10 must receive two doses of the vaccine, regardless of whether they receive the nasal mist or a shot, to be fully protected.
State health officials recommend parents take their children for a second dose 28 days after the first.
Allen County is offering second doses to children now.
Since then, the health department has vaccinated nearly 15,000 people, the department said Friday.
County health officials estimate 93,500 children, pregnant women and health care workers in Allen County are eligible for the vaccine.
Across the state, 31 percent of health care and emergency medical workers have been vaccinated and 16 percent of pregnant women have been vaccinated, according to an H1N1 report the Indiana Department of Health released.
