Additional Flu Clinic To Be Held In Fairfield

FAIRFIELD, CT — (Contributed press release): The Fairfield Health Department is offering an additional flu clinic and urging all Fairfield residents to get a flu shot and be a “Kung Flu Fighter.” As flu season starts to peak here in Connecticut, the single best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to get vaccinated. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone over the age of 6 months.

The Flu Clinic will be held on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon (while supplies last) at our Public Health Nursing Office located at 100 Mona Terrace, Fairfield (in the white portable behind the Senior Center). Due to recent vaccine demand and supply, this may be our last flu clinic.

The flu vaccine will be available in injection form for people 6 months and older. High dose injectable vaccine will also be available for those ages 65 and over.

Medicare Part B, Connecticare, Aetna, Cigna, Anthem, and United HealthCare are all accepted and there is NO COPAY. If you do not have health insurance or your health insurance is not accepted, you will not be turned away and there will be NO COST.

For a quicker visit, patients can print out the vaccine consent form at fairfieldct.org/health and bring it completed. Patients should also have their insurance card with them and wear clothes that make it easy to expose the upper arm.

For questions about the flu vaccine, call your primary care physician. If you have questions about the flu clinic, please contact the Public Health Nursing Office at 203-256-3150.

You too can fight the flu this flu season by taking 4 simple preventative steps. The Fairfield Health Department developed a video to help you become a Kung Flu Fighter. Watch it below:

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