Due to a higher than expected demand for the seasonal flu vaccine, the drive-thru flu shot clinic scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, outside the UNM Family Practice Center at 2400 Tucker NE, has been canceled.
At the drive-thru clinic on Saturday, Oct. 17, nearly 4,000 people were vaccinated, nearly doubling the number of seasonal flu shots administered in one day during a similar drive-thru flu shot clinic in 2008.
The walk-in seasonal flu shots clinics scheduled for Oct. 24 at the UNM Northeast Heights Family Clinic on Academy NE, west of Wyoming NE, and at the UNM Southeast Heights Family Clinic at the corner of Central SE and Texas SE, will we held as scheduled. The remaining vaccine earmarked for the now-canceled drive-thru clinic will be redistributed to those clinics.
For more information on remaining flu shot clinics visit: Seasonal Flu Shot Clinic Schedule.
Media Contact: Sam Giammo, (505) 272-3682; e-mail: sgiammo@salud.unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 20, 2009 09:20 AM