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The University of Maine has scheduled its third swine flu vaccination clinic Thursday, which will exhaust the last of the university’s supply.
The signup for the clinic began at 7 a.m. online Tuesday, and the schedule filled up within a few hours, according to university spokesperson Joe Carr. The university would have used the vaccines at one of the earlier clinics, but because of a few no-shows and other unexpected cancellations, the university ended up with leftovers. The clinic is for employees, their spouses, students and all those who are in high-risk categories, such as people under 25 years of age or pregnant women.
The university has seen 12 confirmed cases of swine flu on campus as of Wednesday, and the administration has stated repeatedly that it does not know when the university will receive more vaccine. UMaine is waiting for the Maine Center for Disease Control to announce another shipment of doses.
UMaine held two swine flu vaccine clinics in November and has received 1,100 vaccines so far.
The World Health Organization declared swine flu a worldwide pandemic in June. Maine has seen nine deaths from swine flu so far, all people who had underlying medical conditions that contributed to their deaths.
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