Flu Vaccine Programs Reviewed

The Northwestern Health Unit is working with the province to ensure there will be enough seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines available for local residents.

Ontario's Associate Medical Officer of Health Doctor David Williams is in meeting with health unit staff in Kenora this week.

He says they want to make sure the most vulnerable populations are immunized first.

"We're also concerned that health care workers are properly covered," says Williams, "because they can transmit to other clients in hospitals who have compromised immune systems that could be severely effected by the virus."

Williams says they're putting together priority lists because there's expected to be enough vaccine for just 75 per cent of the entire population.