The Boone County Health Department this week has released the locations for the first in a series of vaccinations for community members.

Boone County Health Department will be holding three clinics on the dates and locations indicated below:

n Oct. 28 — Sherman Elementary School, from 2 to 7 p.m. This day the children will be dismissed early from school.

n Nov. 2 — Madison-Danville Nutrition and Community Center at Lick Creek, from 2 to 7 p.m.

n Nov. 10 — Wharton-Barrett Community and Nutrition Center. from 2 to 7 p.m.

The Boone County Health Department has received limited quantities of its second shipment of the H1N1 flu vaccination.

Healthcare worker Lisa Holstein reported that the county will receive more H1N1 vaccine in the coming weeks, though these first doses given to the general public will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Some priority groups to receive the vaccine include pregnant women, caretakers to children under 6 months of age, all children and young adults ages 6 months to 24, adults 25 to 64 years of age with underlying chronic health conditions and health care and emergency medical service workers.

Children ages 2 to 9 would need two vaccine doses one month apart, while children and adults ages 10 and up would need only one dose.

So far, there have been eight confirmed deaths in the state because of the virus.

On Oct. 16, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Anne Schuchat briefed reporters on the latest swine flu figures, saying that 86 children under 18 have died nationwide from H1N1 flu this year, with 11 reported dead at the week ending Oct. 10. Since Sept. 1, more than half of the deaths in children were in patients ages 12 to 17.

Because of the county’s limited supply, the CDC is asking that well residents continue to practice safe habits to limit spreading, such as frequent hand-washing, sneezing into one’s arm and covering one’s nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing.

If residents have severe symptoms, officials encourage them to meet with their health care provider and stay home for 24 hours after the fever subsides without the use of fever reducing medications.