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NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- New York City's smaller elementary schools began offering free H1N1 vaccinations Wednesday, city health and school officials said.
Linda I. Gibbs, deputy mayor for health and human services, Dr. Thomas A. Farley, city health commissioner, and Joel I. Klein, schools chancellor, said the first phase of the H1N1 vaccinations began at 125 public elementary school buildings with enrollments of fewer than 400. Phase two begins Nov. 4 in school buildings with enrollments of more than 600 and the third phase begins Nov. 9 in the remaining schools, the officials said.
Vaccinations will continue at participating elementary schools for about eight weeks. Non-public schools that choose to participate in the city's H1N1 vaccination program will also receive doses during this period.
In addition, weekend vaccination sites for middle-school and high-school students will be held in each borough in November.
"The city is making this extra effort to vaccinate children," Gibbs said in a statement. "Parents who want to have their children vaccinated may do so at no cost."
Parents need to sign consent forms and fill out screening forms for their child to receive the free H1N1 vaccine, officials said.
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