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Flu Vaccine Coming to Western Kentucky

By Angela Hatton

Paducah, KY – Swine flu vaccines are coming to western Kentucky this week. Purchase District Health Department Nursing Director Linda Cavitt says the department will receive nasal spray doses that will be given to high risk groups and health care professionals. Cavitt says each week Frankfort will ship more doses in both nasal spray and shot forms. By November, the department should begin holding swine flu clinics across the region.