Two Additional Orange County Senior Centers To Offer Free Flu Shots

(Santa Ana) – Flu shots will be offered at two additional senior centers in Orange County, bringing to six the number of senior centers that will offer the free vaccinations between December 7-16.

The newly announced flu shot clinics will be held:

• December 9 from 9 a.m.-12 Noon at the La Habra Senior Center, 101 W. La Habra Blvd., La Habra; and

• December 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Orange Senior Center, 170 S. Olive, Orange.

Flu shots will be offered on a “first come-first served” basis while vaccine supplies last to Orange County residents who are in the following high-risk groups:

• Adults 65 years and older

• People from 18 to 64 years of age with chronic medical conditions (Required regular medical care or stayed in the hospital in the last year for one of the following: heart disease; diabetes; lung disease, including asthma; kidney disease; sickle cell disease and related blood diseases and immune system weak from diseases, like cancer, or medications)

• Pregnant women

• Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities

• Health care workers who provide direct patient care

• Out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children less than 6 months old

Flu vaccine is also available in Orange County for children in high-risk categories, including children from 6 to 23 months old; children who are household contacts of babies less than 6 months old; and children 2 – 18 years of age with chronic medical conditions or who are on long-term aspirin therapy. Information about flu shots for children is available by calling the Health Care Agency’s Health Referral Line at (800) 564-8448.

A complete list of currently scheduled Orange County flu shot clinics for high risk adults is posted on the Health Care Agency website at www.ochealthinfo.com or information is available by calling the HCA Health Referral Line at (800) 564-8448.

(See attached page for senior center flu shot clinic locations)

Senior Center Flu Clinics In Orange County

December 7 - 16, 2004

Vaccines will be administered on a "first come - first serve" basis until the supply runs out or the clinic ends.

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