The city hopes to receive 100,000 doses of swine flu vaccine this week and expects the supply to remain stable. The City of Ottawa will reopen its swine flu vaccination clinics Wednesday, public health officials have confirmed.
The clinics were closed on Friday after supplies of the H1N1 vaccine ran out.
Coun. Diane Deans, chair of council's community and protective services committee, said Monday the city expects to have a more steady future supply of vaccine, beginning with the 100,000 doses it hopes to receive from the province this week.
Deans also announced the city is extending its vaccination priority list to include children under the age of 14 and people age 65 and over with chronic health conditions.
Dr. Isra Levy, Ottawa's medical officer of health, said that in addition to the vaccination clinics, 100 of the city's family doctors have signed up to administer the vaccine to priority groups.
Public health officials said 190,000 people — about 20 per cent of the population — have been vaccinated in Ottawa.
Ottawa Public Health hopes to vaccinate 40 per cent of the city's residents against the H1N1 virus.
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