Town of East Lyme, CT

Update October 15, 2009

First H1N1 Clinics Announced

GROTON — Ledge Light Health District will start to vaccinate children ages 2 to 4 at H1N1 flu vaccine clinics starting Tuesday, October 20.  The clinics are open to residents of East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, Old Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Stonington and Waterford.  

These clinics are for healthy non-asthmatic children between 2 and 4 years  old who cannot access the vaccine through other channels. Parents should first contact their child’s pediatrician to see if they will be offering the H1N1 Flu Vaccine.

Children with an allergy to eggs are unable to receive the vaccine, because egg proteins are used in manufacturing the vaccine. Children with asthma cannot receive this batch of the vaccine because it is given in a mist form into the nose. Also, if a child has had any intranasal vaccine, that is a vaccine delivered in a mist form into the nose (seasonal or H1N1), within the last 30 days they cannot receive this vaccine.

Pre-registration is required due to the limited supply of vaccine   available. Parents can pre-register at Ledge Light’s web site (www.ledgelighthd.org) or by calling 860-448-4883, option 2.

More H1N1 clinics will be announced as more vaccine becomes available.

Ledge Light Health District provides professionally managed comprehensive public health services designed to improve the quality of life and health and safety of its residents. The District service area consists of East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, New London and Waterford, with a service population of over 120,000.  They  have mass vaccination responsibility for these residents as well as the residents of Lyme, Old Lyme, North Stonington and Stonington.  

Ledge Light Health District, the State Department of Public Health and other public health organizations are working together to monitor this developing situation and implement all appropriate measures to stop the spread of this flu.

Please visit The Ledge Light Health District website for more information;

Ledge Light Health District

MORE INFO...

For the latest CDC health advisory go to: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf

For general information on the swine flu please go to: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/general_info.htm.

For specific State by State information on the current outbreak of swine flu please go to: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm.

You may also want to set up an email or text message account with the CDC so that you can receive the most up to date information on the swine flu outbreak. To do so go to: http://www.cdc.gov/emailupdates/.

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