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Get Your Flu Shots: Widget Shows Where Available

The three Montclair CVS Pharmacies are still offering vaccine while supplies last.

 

The past week has been no kinder to New Jersey residents suffering from the sniffles, cough and chills of the flu, state officials say, and has led to the death of a fourth state resident, according to an NJ.com report.

A 12-year-old Bergen County girl died earlier this month, Dawn Thomas, a state Health Department spokeswoman said.

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The current flu season continues to be one of the worst flu seasons in recent history, state Health Department officials say.

But there is help out there for Montclair residents who want to protect themselves by getting a flu shot. The state Department of Health has added a Find a Flu Shot Locator to its website.

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Call ahead to make sure supplies haven't run out first.

Montclair Pharmacies Offering the Flu Vaccine

• CVS Pharmacy, 49 Claremont Ave., (973) 783-1741

• CVS Pharmacy, 565 Valley Road, (973) 746-9600

• CVS Pharmacy, 514 Bloomfield Ave., (973) 746-6500

Flu vaccines will run you about $37.99, and may or may not be covered by insurance. 


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