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H1N1 vaccine arrives in Fairfax County
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The Fairfax County Health Department received a small shipment of the H1N1 vaccine last week.
1,900 doses arrived to vaccinate health care workers and emergency medical personnel.
"This is basically a soft roll out to basically test our distribution system," said Dr. Gloria Addo-Ayensu, Fairfax County's Director of Health.
Parents of Fairfax County Public School students were notified Tuesday that the vaccine had arrived.
10 Schools in Fairfax County are already planning to host clinics to make sure students have easy access to the H1N1 vaccine, which can be given as a nose spray.
The first vaccination clinics will be the weekend of October 24th and 25th at 10 Fairfax County Public Schools. During this time, vaccinations will be available for babies six months old to people 24 years old.
As more supplies of the vaccine arrive, people in older age groups will be eligible. It is estimated that will take months. Fairfax County will receive shipments of the vaccine every week.
Eventually more than 43-thousand doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be distributed in Virginia.
The H1N1 virus was first detected in the United States in April of 2009. The virus is contagious and is spread by human contact. Symptoms of H1N1 include fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, body aches, chills, and fatigue.
H1N1 has caused deaths. About 70 percent of people who had to be hospitalized for H1N1 had other medical conditions.
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