Clay County schedules more H1N1 flu clinics

Clay County Public Health will hold two more H1N1 vaccination clinics Tuesday.

Clinics will take place between 2 and 7 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1900 14th St. S., in Moorhead, and at the Hawley Community Center, 418 Main St.

Children ages 5 to 9 years old are eligible to receive the vaccine at these clinics.

A limited amount of both the injectable and FluMist forms of the vaccine will be available at both sites.

However, the injectable form will only be given to those with chronic health conditions, such as asthma.

For more information, contact Clay County Public Health at (218) 299-5220.

Fargo Cass Public Health also is hosting H1N1 clinics today and Monday. For more information, visit www.fighttheflu.net.

Children between the ages of 6 months through 9 years will have to receive two doses of the H1N1 vaccine separated by at least 28 days.