North Texas
(2009-10-29)
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Dallas and Tarrant County Health officials are giving their first H1N1 flu-shots today. In Dallas, uninsured children, six months to 18 years old with underlying medical conditions, are getting the first of the vaccine.
County Health Director Zack Thompson says "hotline" operators took about 400 calls yesterday, and made 288 appointments. Phone lines open again at 8am today.
Thompson: The maximum number we're gonna reach is 600. That's 200 patients we'll see on Friday, 200 we'll see on Monday, and 200 we'll see on Tuesday.
Wednesday at the Dallas County Health Department on Stemmons, H1N1 shots will be given on a walk-in basis to other high-risk groups. They include pregnant women, people six months to 24; and people 25 to 64 with underlying medical conditions.
This morning, at Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City, they're lining up at for the H1N1 vaccine. It's being given to pregnant women and children six months to 18 with chronic conditions - two of the groups at high risk for flu complications.
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