Hillsborough elementary students get H1N1 vaccines

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Health Department is set to begin providing swine flu vaccinations for elementary school students after school beginning today.

The H1N1 vaccines are scheduled to be available Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Armwood, Jefferson and Leto high schools and the Bowers-Whitley Career Center.

Elementary school children must have a parent or guardian present when they are vaccinated, health officials said.

The vaccinations are also available to students from charter schools, virtual schools and the district's education centers.

For more information, click on over to www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/flu.