Officials with the McDowell County Health Department say it is not too late to get a free H1N1 flu vaccine.
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The McDowell County Health Department will hold an H1N1 flu vaccine clinic on Monday.
As of last week, the McDowell County Health Department has administered nearly 200 H1N1 nasal flu mists, more than 475 H1N1 injections and almost 750 seasonal flu vaccines.
Health Department Interim Director Phillip Melton: "We have dispensed what we were able to get," of seasonal flu vaccines, he said. "We got word from our major suppliers that we are not going to get the seasonal flu vaccine in the quantity we had wanted."
The McDowell County Health Department now has a mist that can help prevent the H1N1 flu.
North Carolina began placing its first orders for 2009 H1N1 vaccine on Sept. 30. The vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The first batches are expected to be shipped to providers across the state in limited quantities during the month of October.
With the number of flu cases rapidly on the rise, area hospitals are beginning to announce visitation restrictions to help reduce the spread of influenza strains.
McDowell County has its first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, or what sometimes has been called "swine flu."
A Guilford County man was confirmed today as the first N.C. resident to die after contracting the H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu.
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