ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Public Health Department has scheduled flu clinics in several communities.

Public Health will hold two school-based H1N1 flu clinics in Schroon. Those will be held at Schroon Lake Central School District and Mountainside Christian Academy on Thursday, Nov. 12.

The H1N1 flu vaccine will be available only for children enrolled at either school, school nurses, school nurse aides, school nurse substitutes and school staff members who are pregnant.

Essex County Public Health is also offering a community H1N1 clinic for limited target groups from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.

The clinic will be held at the Schroon Lake Fire Station with H1N1 flu vaccines available only to these groups: pregnant women; people who live with or provide care for infants younger than 6 months of age (such as parents, siblings and child-care providers); health-care and emergency medical personnel who have direct contact with patients or infectious material; children 6 months to 4 years of age; and children and adolescents ages 5 to 18 with medical conditions that put them at an increased risk of flu-related complications.

SEASONAL FLU CLINIC

A seasonal flu clinic will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School on Court Street.

There will be 500 doses of seasonal flu vaccine offered at no cost. The vaccine will be available for anyone 6 months of age and older. Those who attend the clinic are asked to wear short-sleeve shirts to allow easy access to the upper arm.

There will be no H1N1 flu vaccine or pneumonia vaccine at this clinic.

As the vaccine becomes more available, additional community and school-based clinics in Essex County will be announced. County residents can receive updates on these clinics by calling the Essex County Public Health Department at 873-3500 or by visiting the department Web site: www.co.essex.ny.us/PublicHealth.

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Franklin County has scheduled several H1N1 flu clinics.

Priority for vaccination is being given to pregnant women; children and young adults 3 to 24 years of age; and people who care for infants 6 months old and younger.