The D.C. Department of Health announced Thursday that it is reducing the hours and frequency of its free H1N1 vaccine clinics in order to be able to send more doses to doctor’s offices and community health centers. DOH says that over 11,000 people have been served in D.C.’s clinics in the past two weeks.

Some of the changes include an earlier closing time of 1 p.m. (instead of 4 p.m.) for this Saturday’s clinics, the cancellation of two clinics on Tuesday (at Coolidge High School and McKinley Technology High School) as well as the Nov. 14 clinic at Wilson High School. You can find an updated schedule of the District’s clinics at flu.dc.gov.

As more vaccines are shifted to family physicians and community health centers over the next couple of weeks, DOH says residents should call their health care providers to see if they can get the vaccine from them. The date by which the vaccine is expected to arrive at pharmacies has also been pushed back, until after the week of November 23.