Rockland Flu Vaccine Clinics Start Sept. 11

The Rockland County Health Department’s Flu Vaccine Clinics will be held on the following Fridays: Sept. 11, Sept. 18, and Sept. 25, 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 RocklandCounty residency such as a driver’s license or utility bill.

No appointments are needed, but it is recommended that you register online before the clinic by visiting https://www.health.ny.gov/go2clinic.

The Health Department is 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.

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

Also, the Health Department’s Adult Immunization/Foreign Travel Clinic offers immunizations to prevent a variety of illnesses, including Hepatitis A & B, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, pneumococcal disease (pneumonia), meningitis, typhoid, and yellow fever.

To make an appointment, or for more information, call 845-364-2520.

Visit www.rocklandgov.com/health and www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults to learn more about the vaccines you need to stay healthy.