Fresno Unified hosting free back-to-school vaccine clinics

The territory says determination are 4 clinics families tin spell to successful August, with 1 coming up connected Saturday astatine Gaston Middle School.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As families commencement putting unneurotic their back-to-school checklist, 1 happening that needs to beryllium marked disconnected is immunizations.

"They bash assistance lend to the full wellness of each our students," says Michelle Parker, Interim Executive Director of Health Services with Fresno Unified School District.

The territory is offering escaped immunization clinics for students successful their area.

The territory says determination are 4 clinics families tin spell to successful August, with 1 coming up connected Saturday astatine Gaston Middle School.

"We usually spot anyplace from 20 to 50 students per clinic, but we would decidedly similar to spot those numbers increase," Parker said.

The territory works with different section groups to support the clinics free.

Parker says it's captious to marque immunizations accessible.

"We bash person a precocious complaint of poorness wrong Fresno County," she said. "Over 90% of our students unrecorded beneath the poorness level, truthful we bash privation to support our immunizations equitable crossed the board."

Under California law, students are required to person definite immunizations to beryllium successful school.

The parents of young kids entering kindergarten request to marque definite their vaccine records are up to date.

Incoming 7th graders are besides required to person vaccinations against whooping cough and chickenhearted pox.

The Fresno Unified clinics volition beryllium offering each those immunizations.

"Anything from Hepatitis B, to polio, to TDAP," Parker said.

With the state experiencing a measles outbreak, the territory is stressing extortion against the disease.

Parker is besides reminding families who request a aesculapian exemption to taxable that online and person it signed by a doctor.

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