Stanislaus County announces more locations for free drive-thru flu vaccines
Starting this week, Stanislaus County public health will host drive-thru flu vaccine clinics in Patterson and Ceres, and additional locations are slated in the coming weeks. All of the vaccines are free and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The clinic in Patterson will be held at Hammon Senior Center at 1033 W. Las Palmas Ave. on Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
In Ceres, the drive-thru clinic will be at the Ceres Community Center at 2701 4th St., on Dec. 14, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Public health officials are hoping for a repeat of the successful clinic at Johansen High School in Modesto last Friday that immunized 182 people. The drive-thru clinics are also being used as models for delivering COVID-19 immunizations, as availability of one or more vaccines is anticipated in the next few months.
Kamlesh Kaur, interim information officer for county public health, said additional clinics are planned at sites in the Turlock Unified School District, Riverbank Unified School District, Salida Union School District and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, once confirmed, details will be posted at http://schsa.org/publichealth/pages/flu/
Additional information about influenza and flu vaccines can be found at: California Department of Public Health influenza website, at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/Influenza.aspx and from the CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm
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This story was originally published December 7, 2020 at 1:51 PM.
