KSDK -- Due to the increased availability of the H1N1 vaccine, the St. Louis  County Health Department is lifting restrictions on who can get it.It is now open to any St. Louis County resident six months of age or older."As expected, we have now reached the point that we can make it available to the general public," said Dr. Dolores G. Gunn, Director of the County Health Department.

Over the next several days, the department will be announcing new ways county residents can get the shot.The health department has already received more than 200,000 doses of H1N1  vaccine and additional shipments are expected in the following weeks.Until now, the department has given vaccines through schools, physicians' offices, hospitals, and clinics.  It was also available at public vaccinations events.  The most recent was December 5.
For more information, please visit the Health Department's flu  shot: www.mediclinik.org