The Long Beach Health Department will offer a free H1N1 flu vaccine at a special clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the El Dorado Park Senior Center, 2800 Studebaker Road.
Appointments are not needed.
H1N1 flu vaccine is recommended and will be available for residents over 6 months of age. One dose is required for patients over the age of 10. Two shots are needed for children 9 and under, but those doses should be at least three weeks apart.
"The Health Department encourages everyone to get the H1N1 flu vaccine to reduce the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza or spreading the disease to others," Dr. Helene Calvet, city health officer, said in a news release.
The vaccine is free of charge and paid for by federal grant funding.
The Long Beach Health Department has given more than 16,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine since November.
In addition, more than 100,000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine were supplied to about 200 private providers and clinics in Long Beach.
The Health Department will continue to offer free H1N1 flu vaccine at the immunization clinic located at its headquarters, 2525 Grand Ave.
Clinic hours vary each week, and an appointment is required.
To make an appointment, call 562-570-4103 between 8:30 am and noon or 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays though Fridays.
Appointments can also be scheduled online by going to http://lbdhhs.genbook.com.
More information on H1N1 flu may be obtained by logging onto the Health Department's web page at www.longbeach.gov/health, or by calling 562-570-4103.
