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By Duane Grandbois

Additional Okanagan Meningococcal Immunization Clinics Today

Dec 17, 2017 | 6:20 AM

Due to high demand, Interior Health (IH) would like to advise the public of the following additional drop-in meningococcal immunization clinics throughout the Okanagan. These clinics are intended to capture 15-19 year old people who will not have access to immunization at school clinics (i.e. non students, university or college students, high school students who may have missed or know they will miss their scheduled school clinic.

 

North Okanagan

When:              Sunday, Dec.17, 2017

Hours:              10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where:                        Vernon Health Unit (1440-14 Ave. Vernon, BC)

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Central Okanagan

When:              Sunday, Dec.17, 2017

Hours:              Noon to 4 p.m.

Where:                        Community Health & Services Centre (505 Doyle Ave. Kelowna, BC)

 

South Okanagan

When:              Sunday, Dec.17, 2017

Hours:              Noon to 4 p.m.

Where:                        Penticton Health Centre (740 Carmi Ave. Penticton, BC)

 

IH would like to remind the public, the vaccine has been offered to grade 9 students in B.C. since 2016, as part of the routine immunization program. If you have received this vaccine as part of the grade 9 immunization program in 2016/17, you don’t need to be re-immunized. Students who have not received this vaccine are recommended to attend an immunization clinic at their school.

 

School Clinics:

Secondary school immunization clinics will be held next week. For more information about clinics in your area please visit Interior Health’s meningococcal outbreak webpage. If you are unsure your child has received this vaccine, call your local public health centre during regular business hours for a record.

 

Upcoming UBC Okanagan Clinics:

When:              Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 and Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

Hours:              Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where:                        UBC Okanagan Campus, Health and Wellness Department, UNC Building room 337

 

by Duane Grandbois

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