Prince George, B.C. – Northern Health is reminding area residents that influenza vaccination clinics are still being held across northern BC.

In Prince George, drop-in clinics are being held February 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th, from 1 to 3:45pm each day, at the Northern Interior Health Unit on Edmonton Street.

Free flu shots are available to the following groups:

• People 65 years and over.
• Healthy children 6 – 59 months.
• Household contacts and caregivers of healthy children 0 – 59 months of age.
• People of any age in residential care facilities.
• Children and adults (including pregnant women) with a chronic illness:
  • Cardiac or pulmonary disorder.
  • Diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
  • Cancer; immunodeficiency; immunosuppression due to underlying disease or therapy.
  • Chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease.
  • Anemia and hemoglobinopathy.
  • Conditions that compromise the management of respiratory secretions and are associated with an increased risk of aspiration.

• Children and adolescents (age 6 months to 18 years) with conditions treated for long periods with acetylsalicylic acid.
• Children and adults who are very obese.
• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy during the influenza season.
• Household contacts (including children) of people at high risk whether or not those high-risk people have been immunized.
• Aboriginal peoples.
• Health care workers.
• Visitors of health care facilities.
• People providing service in potential outbreak settings housing high risk persons.
• People working with live poultry.
• Corrections officers and inmates of provincial correctional institutions
• First responders: police, fire fighters, ambulance.

If you have any questions regarding the influenza vaccination or the clinics, call 250-565-7311.