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The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health has scheduled three additional H1N1 vaccination clinics this week.
Clinics will be from 2 to 6:30 p.m. today and Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. All three will be at Carew Medical Park, 1818 Carew St., and will provide the seasonal flu vaccine plus the H1N1 injection vaccine.
People eligible for the injection vaccine are pregnant woman, caregivers for infants 6 months and younger, ages 25 to 64 with chronic health conditions and ages 6 months to 24 years.
Friday’s clinic will offer a separate line for health care and dental care workers, pharmacists, firefighters and emergency medical workers.
Ages 6 months to 18 years are eligible to receive the seasonal flu vaccine.
There will be a clinic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Wells County 4-H Park, 1240 S. 4-H Road, Bluffton. Pregnant women, ages 6 months to 24 years, caregivers for infants younger than 6 months and ages 25 to 64 can receive the H1N1 injection vaccine.
Clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at St. Mary Elementary, 232 N. Main St., Avilla. Pregnant women, ages 6 months to 24 years, people who care for infants younger than 6 months, adults younger than 60 who have chronic health problems and health care workers can receive the H1N1 vaccine.
All clinics will be in the Steuben County Community Center multipurpose room, 317 S. Wayne St., Angola.
Thursday, noon to 4 p.m.: Health care workers with direct patient contact can receive the H1N1 injection vaccine
Friday, 4 to 8 p.m.: Ages 3 to 17, caregivers of infants younger than 6 months, ages 18 to 24 and ages 25 to 64 with chronic health conditions like diabetes and lung and heart diseases can receive the H1N1 injection vaccine; ages younger than 9 years can receive their second dose if they attended clinics Oct. 16 or Oct. 23
Monday, 12:30 to 4 p.m.: Ages 2 to 17 years for the H1N1 nasal spray, ages younger than 9 years can receive their second dose if they attended nasal spray clinics Oct. 9, 19 or 26
The network announced Tuesday that its five Allen County locations have lifted visitor restrictions based on recommendations from county health commissioner Dr. Deb McMahan.
Children will again be welcome to visit the Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Wayne, The Orthopaedic Hospital, Dupont Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital and Lutheran Hospital.
It was unclear whether Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw and Bluffton Regional Medical Center would also lift their visitation restrictions.
The visitor policy prevented ages 18 and younger from visiting the hospitals in an effort to protect patients and staff from the flu.
Lutheran Hospital officials ask anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms not to visit the hospitals until their condition improves and they are fever-free for at least 24 hours without the help of medication.
