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Louisiana: Expanded H1N1 vaccine availability to begin on January 4(0)

December 30, 2009

Baton Rouge LA–The 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to anyone in the general public starting Monday, January 4, 2010, State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry, M.D., announced today. The department has already alerted H1N1 vaccine providers statewide that they may begin offering H1N1 vaccinations to the general public after the New Year.
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Louisiana: Slow pace of H1N1 vaccinations continues

Baton Rouge LA–The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today updated the status of the state’s Fight the Flu campaign, announcing that 224,869 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been administered across the state.
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* Of the 1,207,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine the state has ordered, the CDC reports that 874,400 doses [...]

Louisiana: While 70 percent of ordered H1N1 vax has been shipped, only 13 percent has been administered

Baton Rouge LA–Of the 654,200 doses of H1N1 vaccine the state has ordered, the CDC reports that 464,100 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been shipped to Louisiana as of Wednesday, November 11.
860 providers in Louisiana have administered 88,401 doses of H1N1 vaccine.
The DHH notes that it is important to remember that even though a [...]

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