It started as a trickle in mid-October, ebbed and flowed through November, and thanks to a final surge in early December, the H1N1 vaccine will have been offered to every student in Harford County Public Schools by Friday, December 18, 2009.
Nationally, production delays have resulted in a shortage of the H1N1 vaccine. In Maryland, inconsistencies in distribution have meant that some county health departments completed their school-based vaccination programs, while school-based programs in other counties were wanting, according to Bill Wiseman, spokesman for the Harford County Health Department. The have-nots expressed what Wiseman called “frustration” and in the past few days, he said an agreement was struck among county health officers to send available H1N1 vaccine to the counties in need. Harford County will be on the receiving end of that agreement.
And so, the Harford County Health Department has announced that the following public elementary schools will offer the H1N1 flumist vaccine next week according to the schedule below. The remaining public middle and high schools will offer the vaccine in the injectiable form during the week of December 14 – 18, with details to be announced.
• Monday December 7, 2009
Church Creek Elementary School
Edgewood Elementary School
Joppatowne Elementary School
Wm S. James Elementary school
• Wednesday December 9, 2009
Hickory Elementary School
Forest Hill Elementary School
Deerfield Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School
Havre de Grace Elementary School
Bakerfield Elementary School
• Friday December 11, 2009
Abingdon Elementary School
Magnolia Elementary School
Ring Factory Elementary School
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