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IN HEALTH WATCH 10. HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE
DECLARED A CHICKENPOX OUTBREAK
IN VIGO COUNTY.
THIS, AFTER HEALTH OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED THE
VIRUS IN VIGO COUNTY SCHOOLS.
TODAY, HEALTH OFFICIALS HELD A
VACCINATION CLINIC AT LOST
CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF
TERRE HAUTE. RIGHT NOW, 57
PEOPLE IN VIGO
COUNTY HAVE REPORTED CASES OF
THE VIRUS.
49 OF THOSE CASES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN VIGO COUNTY
SCHOOLS. OFFICIALS SAY "UNDER"-
VACCINATION IS A PROBLEM.
"WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TARGET
ARE, KIDS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN
VIGO COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T
OPTIMALLY
IMMUNIZED. CHILDREN IN PRIVATE
AND PAROCHIAL
SCHOOLS, CHILDREN THAT ARE HOME
SCHOOLED. WERE
ALSO GOING TO TARGET CHILDREN
THAT ARE OLDER THAN THE AGE OF
ONE BUT LESS THAN THE AGE OF
SIX."
ADMINISTRATORS SAY THERE ARE
MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS WHO
ARE UNDER VACCINATED. HEALTH
OFFICIALS WILL
HOLD ANOTHER CLINIC AT SARAH
SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL LATER
THIS MONTH. [B6]MENINGITIS
UPDATE-VO