Wake County provided the H1N1 vaccine injections to thousands of people Monday morning. But the county ran out of vaccines within hours.

"We got very lucky to get here when we did. I had to actually take two of the kids out of school today," said Tracy Sheppard in Raleigh.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a shipment of 3,000 injections to Wake County. It is the second shipment of the vaccine to Wake County. And it's the first time the county received injections. The first shipment consisted of 3,500 of the nasal mist form of the vaccine.

The county started offering the injections at four locations in Fuquay-Varina, Raleigh, Wake Forest, and Zebulon Monday at 9 a.m. They had to close the clinics by 1 p.m.

"We raced here down here right after school. And we got to the door and they said ‘sorry, we ran out. And we don't know when we're going to have any more,'" said Quinn Campbell, a mother of three-year-old twins. "Every day on the news they talk about more children who are dying. And I want to get them vaccinated."

The county says everyone who wants to get vaccinated will get a chance as the flu season progresses. But right now, they're asking people to be patient.

Wake County health officials do not know yet when they will get another shipment from the CDC.

"We're just counting on the fact that they're going to continue to roll out as they've promised," said Sue Lynn Ledford, Wake County's Community Health Director. "And we know that the pace is slower than people would like. But we're putting them out there as fast as we receive them."

Private doctors in Wake County have gotten more than 10,000 vaccines. Some of those may still be available, Ledford said.

The county will notify the news media when clinics are restocked and reopened. They are giving priority to pregnant women, children, caregivers of children under 6 months old, and people with chronic health conditions who are 64 and under.

For more information about H1N1 flu and seasonal flu visit www.wakegov.com/flu

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