Children, Health Care Workers To Be Vaccinated First
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Children, pregnant women, and health care workers are at the top of the city's list to be vaccinated against the H1N1/swine flu virus this fall.
Health Department Commissioner Doctor Thomas Farley says the city should have enough of the vaccine when it becomes available, which it is expected to be by mid-October.
Farley also says he would like schools to be used as vaccination sites.
That idea was raised by Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week, when the Centers for Disease Control issued a new set of H1N1 guidelines for schools.
According to the DOH, 47 people in the city died from the virus after the outbreak began in April.