Flu shots expected by mid-October

KINGMAN – Mohave County Health Department officials expect the H1N1 flu vaccine to be available locally by mid- to late-October.

“We don’t really have any dates at the county level,” said Chris Tapia of the county health department, “but the state is expecting to receive the vaccine by mid-October.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said the first shipments of the newly developed vaccine should start arriving in some doctors’ offices and health clinics as early as Oct. 5. The CDC did not announce where the initial shipments of 6 million to 7 million doses will be sent, only saying that they would be sent directly to doctors, clinics and other providers designated on a state-by-state basis. Most of the initial doses will be in a nasal spray form, according to the CDC, but the majority of the produced vaccine will be in the form of shots.

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