The state Health Department and Influenza Vaccine Consortium encourage New Mexicans at higher risk of developing flu complications to protect themselves by making appointments with their health-care provider to get their flu shots soon.
The Department has sent 70,000 adult flu shots to public health offices and the Department’s long-term care facilities across the state. The Department has also begun shipping children’s flu vaccine to public health offices and private providers statewide.
For information about scheduled flu-shot clinics, call Nurse Advice New Mexico toll-free at (866) 681-5872 or visit www.nmhealth.org.
The Department’s public health offices provide flu shots to people who are at high risk for serious illness or death and people who have no health insurance.
Those who face a higher risk of serious illness, death or exposing others to flu are encouraged to receive their vaccines starting this month. These individuals include the elderly, children, pregnant women and people who work with these groups.