H1N1 clinics continue in Carroll County

DELPHI, Ind. - Health officials from Carroll County said it could be several weeks before the H1N1 vaccine will be available for the general public.

Registered Nurse Hope Kinzer said the county is still trying to reach its target population for the vaccine.

Kinzer says the target population is based on the number of students in Carroll County schools. That number is around 3,000.

She says so far the county has only received 2,000 doses.

She says the county originally planned on holding mass immunization clinics at schools, but the inconsistent number of vaccines the health department has received has made that impossible.

"I think that once we saw how much we were getting...we we're only getting around one or two-hundred doses per week. We didn't even have enough to do one school. At that point we just decided that we would just have the clinics here. If we got more in one we we would hold a mass clinic, but I think it was decided then that they didn't want to yo-yo back and forth and they just sent a note home to parents that they were not going to do them and they're not going to go back on that," said Registered Nurse Hope Kinzer.

Kinzer said the health department will continue to hold H1N1 clinics for the target population at the Carroll County Courthouse every Thursday and Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

She said the clinic is for everyone, not just residents of Carroll County.

The Tippecanoe County Health Department is also hosting an H1N1 clinic Friday, November 13th from 9:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds.

The clinic is free, but only available for the target group of children 6 months to 18 years of age.