The Ventura County Public Health Department has now announced that all people over the age of 6 months, healthy or highrisk, are eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

This updated list includes healthy adults ages 25 to 64. This group was the last group to become eligible to receive the vaccine in Ventura County.

Infants under 6 months are ineligible to receive the vaccine. Scientists believe the vaccine will not be effective in this age group.

The amount of vaccine that has arrived in the county since September has increased to adequate levels. By now, 25 to 30 percent of the high-risk population in Ventura County has now been vaccinated against H1N1. There has not been an unmanageable increase in the length of lines at clinics where the vaccine is being offered.

The H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine is available for Ventura County residents only. To find a site where the vaccine is available, go to www.vchca.org/H1N1.