At-risk groups will get flu shots

Friday, Oct. 5, 2001 | 9:41 a.m.

The Clark County Health District will begin administering flu shots Oct. 15 to members of high-risk groups.

Health district officials have ordered 21,000 doses of the flu vaccine, and the first of three shipments has arrived. People catagorized as high-risk are seniors older than 65, anyone with a chronic illness and pregnant women in their second or third trimester.

Because of delays in the national distribution of the vaccines, healthy people are being asked to wait until November before seeking flu shots from the health district clinics.

For people not eligible for the shots under an insurance plan, the cost is $15 for the flu shot and $20 for the pneumonia shot.

The shots will be offered Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at these locations:

* Ravenholt Public Health Center, 625 Shadow Lane.

* East Las Vegas Public Health Center, 560 N. Nellis Blvd.

* Henderson Public Health Center, 129 W. Lake Mead Blvd.

* North Las Vegas Public Health Center, 1820 E. Lake Mead Blvd.

For more information call 383-1351 or 383-1352.

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