Oklahoma City schools, health officials offer flu clinic

The Oklahoma City School District and the Oklahoma City-County Health Department will offer two free swine flu vaccination clinics Saturday.

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• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at U.S. Grant High School, 5016 S Pennsylvania, and Southeast High School, 5401 S Shields Blvd.

• Kids who are with an adult who is not a parent or guardian should have a permission slip authorizing the vaccination. The slip should be signed on the date of the clinic and read: "I (Full Name of Parent) give permission for (Full Name of Person) to obtain the H1N1 vaccination for: (All children must be listed with full names and date of birth).”

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The clinics will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at U.S. Grant and Southeast high schools and will be open to anyone in the community who falls into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention target categories of pregnant women, children in prekindergarten through grade 12 and those 6 months to 18 years old with underlying health conditions.

"This is a great opportunity to bring several community members together to protect our kids,” said Tierney Cook, school district spokeswoman.

Nearly 4,000 swine flu, or H1N1, vaccinations were given at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department’s first clinic last week at Oklahoma City Community College, and about that many are expected this time, said H.R. Holman, health department spokesman.

Workers will have the vaccine in shot and mist form Saturday, Cook said, but the clinic will not have seasonal influenza vaccinations. More clinics will be scheduled across the school district based upon availability of the vaccine.

Parking and Spanish translators will be available at both locations. At the U.S. Grant location, people should enter through the west door, and vaccines will be given in the cafeteria.

Those at Southeast High School should enter through the south door, and the clinic will be in the cafeteria.

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