Officials say kids need second dose of H1N1 vaccine

Indiana health officials say more than 160,000 children crossways the state is in arrears for a succeeding dose of the swine flu vaccine. That's accompanying than half of the children who acknowledged the first dose.

The second dose is recommended to totally protect children in opposition to the monster flu.

That's one of the reason the Elkhart County Health Department has been going into the elementary schools to do the second round of the kids shots.

Next Friday, they'll be completed with the schools. Gwen Jaeger, Manager of Nursing Services for the Elkhart Health Department says,"Right now, for the second shot, we've given approximately 37-thousand shots to the kids under ten, nine and under and then we're also holding public clinics and we're gonna start going out to larger employers."
Jaeger says they're also leaving to start making the round of the supporter living with the vaccine.

As for St. Joseph County, they tell us they will have obtainable ensuing doses at all public schools by the middle of March.