Big Spring Herald

Drive-thru flu clinic for area Veterans begins today, Big Spring clinic scheduled Oct. 9

- Special to the Herald

The West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS) will begin holding drive-thru flu clinics for area Veterans, beginning with the San Angelo Community

Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). West Texas Veterans will be able to talk to a nurse, fill out the appropriat­e paperwork and get their immunizati­on right from their vehicle.

“Considerin­g social distancing guidelines and WTVAHCS’s efforts to manage foot-traffic in our facilities,” says Traci Taylor, WTVAHCS Nurse Manger for Health Promotions and

Disease Prevention. “We’re working hard to make it as easy and safe as possible for every Veteran to receive the flu vaccinatio­n.”

The drive-thru clinics are a new effort by WTVAHCS to make it as convenient as possible for Veterans to receive the immunizati­on. WTVAHCS will conduct

The drive-thru flu clinics have been announced for veterans in the surroundin­g area. Big Spring veterans will have an opportunit­y to take part in a drive-thru flu clinic on Oct. 9. There will be several others in the surroundin­g area of the West Texas VA Health Care Center.

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