Flu Clinics for Rockland Residents

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce

The latest round of flu vaccine clinics are scheduled for Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, 2015.

The clinics will take place from 1 - 4 pm at the Rockland County Department of Health, Building D, 1st Floor, Nurses’ Conference Room, Room 130, located at 50 Sanatorium Road in Pomona.

The flu vaccine is free of charge to adults 65 years and older (please bring identification with proof of age). Patients with Medicare and Medicaid must bring their cards. There is a $30 fee for those 9 through 64 years old. Each patient must bring proof of Rockland County residency such as a driver’s license or utility bill.

Appointments are needed. Call (845) 364-2520 to make one.

The Health Department will be giving the quadrivalent flu vaccine which does not contain the preservative thimerosal. The vaccine is called quadrivalent because it offers protection against four different flu viruses that research shows will be most common during the flu season: two influenza (flu) A viruses and two influenza B viruses.

Everyone 6 months of age and older should get the flu vaccine as soon as it becomes available each year. The flu is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Even healthy people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others.

“Getting the flu vaccine is the main way to prevent the flu and its complications,” said County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert.

As the Health Department receives more shipments of the vaccine, additional flu vaccine clinics will be scheduled. For more information about the flu and the flu vaccine clinics visit rocklandgov.com/health or call (845) 364 – 2520.