NORWICH – The Chenango County Health Department has received the first doses of a very limited supply of flu mist vaccination for preventing the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.

The New York State Health Department distributed the live vaccine late last week to county health departments. Chenango County Public Health Director Marcas Flindt said local school children would be the first to be inoculated once the department receives 200 doses or more.

“We aren’t ordering it. The state health department is sending it to us. We honestly don’t know how much we are going to be getting,” Flindt said Thursday.

The county health department has not received any multi-dose vials for shots.

Flu mist is approved for persons aged 2 to 49 years old who are healthy and have no underlying chronic medical conditions, such as asthma. Pregnant women are not recommended to receive the live vaccine.