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County Opens Flu Shots to All
Press Release
January 25,
2005
La Marque -The
Galveston County Health District is now making flu vaccinations
available to all county residents 6 months of age and older.
This follows a similar recommendation from the Texas Department
of State Health Services and is effective immediately.
Health District officials have previously been limiting flu
shots to targeted high-risk priority populations in response
to a national flu vaccine shortage. District officials wanted
to make sure that people with a high risk for developing complications
from the flu received a shot.
Dr. Mark Guidry, Galveston County Health Authority says,
“It is not too late for anybody to receive a flu vaccination
and protect themselves from this sometimes very serious illness.
A person develops full protection approximately two weeks
after receiving a shot and with a flu season that officially
runs through May there is still time to get one.”
“Flu is not a reportable condition in the state of
Texas but there have been laboratory confirmed cases of flu
in Galveston County,” according to Kurt Koopmann, the
District’s Public Information Officer. Koopmann adds,
“The good news is that the strains of flu identified
so far in Texas are covered by this season’s vaccine.”
Koopmann encourages anyone wanting a flu shot to visit one
of the District’s walk-in immunization clinics at the
following locations and times.
Texas City Immunization Clinic
(Located in the Texas City Community Family Center)
2000 Texas Avenue, Texas City, (409) 949-3459
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 a.m. –
11:30 a.m.; 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Galveston Immunization Clinic (Located in
the Island Community Center)
4700 Broadway, Galveston, (409) 763-7227
Monday: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Dickinson Immunization Clinic
905 Pine Drive, Dickinson, (281) 337-4043
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.;
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
For persons with Medicare Part B insurance and children eligible
under the Vaccines for Children program, the shots will be
available at no cost to them. For others the flu vaccination
will be available at a cost of $16. For more information about
immunization clinic services, contact June Gonzales, RN at
(409) 938-2244.
.For More Information Contact:
Kurt Koopmann
Public Information Officer
Galveston County Health District
(409) 938-2211
kkoopman@gchd.org
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