Late Tuesday, Summit County received another 400 doses of H1N1 flu vaccines including some of the previously unavailable injectable type.
The first batch of vaccines the county received last week were nasal mist, which are recommended for healthy people from two to 49 years old. But injectable swine flu vaccines are now available to all children six months to two years old and kids younger than 18 years old with chronic health conditions.
On Thursday, health officials will distribute the vaccines at the Health Department at 85 N. 50 East in Coalville. The clinics are scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
An H1N1 clinic is slated Thursday at the Health Department at 110 N. Main in Kamas from 1 to 4 p.m.
In the Park City area, vaccines will be available Friday at the Sheldon Richins Building, 6505 N Landmark Drive, from 1 to 4 p.m.
H1N1 vaccines are free, said Katie Mullaly, a spokeswoman for the Summit County Health Department.
“Kids are one of the highest risk groups,” Mullaly said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
People with underlying health conditions should not receive the nasal mist, she stressed.
Health offices in Kamas and Coalville will each receive 100 doses of the new vaccine and 200 doses could be distributed in the Snyderville Basin, Mullaly said. The last of 400 H1N1 vaccines shipped to the county last week were administered Wednesday morning at Kimball Junction, she added. “We were out by two minutes after nine,” Mullaly said. “We’re starting to get phone calls from people who aren’t kids. There is more and more interest in adults who are healthy and elderly.” Doctors do not recommend pregnant women receive the nasal mist.
Meanwhile, employees at Summit Pediatrics say high demand for H1N1 vaccines has caused a shortage of seasonal flu vaccines. A series of Saturday clinics slated at Summit Pediatrics has been cancelled until they receive more..