Flu Vaccines Offered at Inova Alexandria Friday

Inova Alexandria hospital will be offering a public flu vaccination clinic from 3 - 6 p.m. this Friday at the IAH HEC Auditorium.

There is also a clinic at Inova Fairfax Hospital from 9 a.m. - noon Saturday in the Women's Health Atrium and at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital from 1 - 4 p.m. Saturday in the Medical Plaza Building.

For more information on the flu clinics, contact Brittney Mann at 703-698-2424 or email flu@inova.org.

In addition, the city of Alexandria has a flu vaccine clinic open Mondays (by appointment) and at certain times on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. More information is here.

Flu Level Remains 'Intense' in Northern Virginia

Google Flu Trends still shows an "intense" level of activity in the D.C. metropolitan area. (See the chart in the media box at right.)

Earlier this month, Inova reported it was seeing three times as many patients as normal in the emergency room with flu-like symptoms. As a result, the hospital put visitor restrictions into place to decrease the chances that a hospital staff or patients would be infected.

For more flu information, including where to get vaccines and symptoms of the flu, see this Patch story: Hospitals Seeing Three Times More Flu Visits.

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