Iqaluit flu clinic busy

A steady stream of people took advantage of Nunavut's mass vaccination campaign against swine flu, which began Sunday in Iqaluit.

Although demand was high, organizers said the process ran smoothly for the 10 nurses on duty.

"It's really busy right now, and we hadpeople in the waiting room before we started," said Manasee Ulayuk, the community healthrepresentative for Public Health Iqaluit.

People lined up outside before the clinic opened, despite temperatures of around 30 C, but theywere soon able to get inside to wait there.

On Monday, a second team of nurses will fan out tosmaller communities. Nunavut health officials estimate it will take 16 days to provide vaccines in all of the territory'stwo dozen communities.

Unlike in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut residents will receive their H1N1 shot and their seasonal flu vaccination at the same time in different arms.