Flu clinics in Bellingham, Deming are full; call center closes

KIE RELYEA - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

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BELLINGHAM - All slots for next week's two mass vaccination clinics for the H1N1 flu have been filled.

The call center set up to make appointments was closed Friday, Oct. 23, after all the slots were booked.

Additional clinics will be scheduled as more shipments of the vaccine come to Whatcom County, according to the Whatcom Pandemic Joint Information Center.

A total of 1,800 slots were available for the Oct. 28 clinic in Bellingham and the Oct. 29 clinic in Deming.

Appointments for the Bellingham clinic were fully booked on Thursday and the Deming clinic on Friday.

The clinics were restricted to those high on the priority list who live, work or go to school in Whatcom County. Those people included pregnant women, young children ages 6 months to 4 years old, and children 5 years to 18 years old with medical conditions that placed them at risk for flu complications.

Residents are urged to regularly check the Whatcom Pandemic Joint Information Center online at em.whatcomcounty.org for updates on the vaccine's availability instead of calling their doctor's office. That's because other medical providers don't yet have information about the vaccine.