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At 1 p.m. Friday, a short line of people rounded the corner of busy Canal Street and shady North Clark Street in front of First Grace United Methodist Church to get their free flu vaccines. The New Orleans Health Department had organized another of its mass vaccination exercises to prepare for COVID-19 immunization efforts.
At First Grace, 20 volunteers were there to greet residents, fill out their information and direct them to the two vaccination stations set up inside the church foyer and the one set up outdoors for anyone who did not feel safe indoors. Seven medical professionals manned the vaccination stations, preparing needles with .5 cubic centimeters of the Fluzone vaccine.
Officials test mass vaccine distribution with free flu shot event (Source: unsplash.com) By Josh Roberson | December 11, 2020 at 5:54 AM CST - Updated December 11 at 7:17 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Friday, city and state officials will offer free flu vaccines to New Orleans residents.
The walk-up event will also be used as a test run on how to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to the public when the time comes.
The event will be free to the public and is obviously important as health experts have warned all year that flu season could be an even bigger problem this year in addition to the current pandemic.