Font ResizeStudents in the Northern York County School District whose parents have asked that their children be vaccinated are receiving the vaccine this week. Here is the current remaining schedule:
The order in which districts receive the vaccine was determined by a random drawing for each county, said Brian Morrin, spokesman for the York County Office of Emergency Management. The recent death of a Littlestown kindergartner did not affect that district's receipt date, he added.
Once it receives more vaccine from the state Department of Health, YAMMRS will add more school districts and community clinics, said Kevin Alvarnaz, the H1N1 vaccine coordinator for YAMMRS.
Students at Edgar Fahs Smith Middle School, Lincoln Charter Elementary School and Helen Thackston Charter Middle School in York are being offered the vaccine this week in a partnership between the York City School Board
Parents who want their child to receive the vaccine, but whose child is not yet in school or whose school district has not yet been added to the YAMMRS program, should call their physician to see if they are a registered provider and have doses of the vaccine, state Department of Health spokeswoman Stacy Kriedeman said.
Other people in groups targeted for the vaccine - pregnant women, health care workers, people who have direct contact with infants 6 months old or younger, and those 18 to 64 years old who have serious chronic illnesses - should also call their doctors, Kriedeman said.
If their doctors are not registered providers, they can call 1-877-724-3258 to see if they qualify for the extremely limited supply of vaccine distributed to state health centers, Kriedeman said.
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