COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A local health department released new plans that mean more students will have access to the H1N1 vaccine.
NBC 4’s Candice Lee went straight to Columbus Public Health to get answers.
The next group to be vaccinated was to be small children, followed by those in grades K to 12.
Columbus Public Health also was taking special care to reach students who do not attending public school.
The next round vaccinations was to target children 4 years and younger as well as children who are deemed medically fragile.
Health officials said they will hold clinics at schools for students in grades K to 12 after that.
“If you live in one neighborhood, there may be one school in that neighborhood that you can go to. It may not be the school that you're child goes to,” CPH Spokesperson Jose Rodriguez said.
Health officials said the clinics also would be available to home-schooled children as well as children in private and charter schools.
“We want to make sure that all children that attend school -- whether they attend school at home, at a charter school, at a public school or a private school -- have access to the vaccine,” Rodriguez said.
The Franklin County Board of Health also is coordinating clinics to vaccinate school-aged children.
Those school-based clinics were to serve students in specific school districts such as Dublin, New Albany and Pickerington.
Once the vaccine becomes available, both CPH and the Franklin County Board of Health said they would announce the dates.
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