IH hosts more clinics today

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Meningococcal immunization clinics will once again be held today throughout the Okanagan.

Drop-in meningococcal immunization clinics are being hosted by Interior Health for a second consecutive day on Sunday across the Okanagan.

The locations where the clinics will be hosted in Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton are the same places where they were hosted on Saturday.

The Vernon Health Unit, located at 1440 14 Avenue in Vernon, will be hosting a drop-in clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In Kelowna, the Community Health and Services Centre at 505 Doyle Avenue will host a clinic from noon to 4 p.m.

In Penticton, the Penticton Health Centre at 740 Carmi Avenue will be providing the clinic from noon to 4 p.m. as well.

IH is also hosting drop-in immunization clinics at the UBC Okanagan campus,  on Monday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

People aged 15 to 19 years old, who will not have access to clinics that schools are hosting, are advised to get vaccinated at a drop-in clinic. 

In a news release, IH reminded the public that people in the prescribed age group who already received a vaccination shot at their high school — as part of routine immunization for grade nine students — don't need to be vaccinated again.

Immunization clinics will also take place at many high schools from Monday to Friday.

More information on those clinics can be found here.