News Release                              For Immediate Release

                                                                                                                         December 17, 2009

Family Home for the Holidays?

H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Shots Available by Appointment.

Students and family members visiting in Grey Bruce over the holidays are encouraged to receive their flu vaccines before returning to school. 

Appointments are available over the next few weeks and into 2010 for anyone 6 months of age and older who would like to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine or the seasonal flu vaccine. These appointments are available at the Grey Bruce Health Unit in Owen Sound and Walkerton. Appointments are also available in Port Elgin in January.

For further information, call Public Health at 519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 or visit our website at www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.

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For more information:

Karen Sweiger

Manager, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Grey Bruce Health Unit

519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 ext. 1230