Flu Shot Clinics in Roosevelt County
High Risk Residents Strongly Encouraged to Attend
The New Mexico Department of Health’s Portales Public Health Office will be hosting a series of flu shot clinics in Roosevelt County at the following days and locations:
- Tuesday, October 21 @ 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Child Development Center at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM - Tuesday, October 21 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CDC aft. Session at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM - Thursday, October 23 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Los Abuelitos Senior Center, 1515 W. Fir St., Portales, NM - Friday, October 24 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elida Senior Center, Elida, NM - Friday, October 24 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Floyd Municipal Schools, Floyd, NM
There is no charge to those attending the clinic, but everyone should bring their insurance card, including Medicaid or Medicare, with them.
Everyone six months of age and older should get a flu vaccine each flu season, especially people in the following groups because they are at high risk of having serious flu-related complications or because they live with or care for people at high risk for developing flu-related complications:
- Children 6 months through 4 years of age
- Pregnant women (any trimester)
- People age 50 and older
- People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, lung or heart disease, and those who are immunocompromised
- People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
- People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu
- American Indians and Alaskan Natives
- People who are morbidly obese
- Healthcare and early childhood personnel
People in these groups should also consider seeing their health care provider to be evaluated for antiviral medication if they develop flu symptoms.
For more information on the no-charge flu shot clinic, call the Portales Public Health Office at 575-356-4453.
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