Shipment of H1N1 vaccines at UI going to health workers
URBANA – Parents of University of Illinois students wondering how soon their kids will be vaccinated for H1N1/swine flu will have to wonder a bit longer.
The UI McKinley Health Center received only a limited amount of H1N1 vaccine late this week from the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, and it's all designated for health care workers at McKinley, the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing, Director Dr. Robert Palinkas said.
Vaccinations for health care workers on campus began Friday morning.
The UI hasn't yet received any of its vaccine order from the state for its student population, Palinkas said, and if there's any vaccine left over after health care workers are vaccinated, it must be returned to public health.
UI officials can't set dates for student vaccinations until vaccine arrives, and that remains an unknown, Palinkas said.
"At some point, the vaccine supply chain will make its way in greater and greater quantity," he added.
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