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Elsinore High School Holding Shot Clinic

This whooping cough booster clinic to be held at the school's health office is free to LEUSD students entering grades 7-12 who are under the age of 18, according to the district.

students still needing the whooping cough booster shot can get vaccinated Aug. 31 at between 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

This shot clinic to be held at the school’s health office is free to LEUSD students entering grades 7-12 who are under the age of 18, according to the district.

A parent or guardian must accompany a child to the clinic.

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The district is also reminding parents that they must bring immunization records for their children to the clinic.

A new state law that went into effect July 1 requires all 7th through 12th graders be immunized with the pertussis booster, otherwise known as the Tdap.

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The requirement covers all students—current, new, and transfers—in public and private schools.

which granted California school districts an extra 30 days after classes start to verify students have been vaccinated against whooping cough.

The emergency measure was designed to extend .

For more information, contact steve.behar@leusd.k12.ca.us.


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