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Like a beer and a shot or peanut butter and jelly, D.C.’s hottest recent pairing seemed to be the COVID-19 bivalent booster and flu shot — so much so that the city now says it’s run out of free doses of the flu shot.

D.C. Health announced Wednesday that no more flu vaccine shots are available at the city’s COVID Centers, where since the start of September anyone could stop by to get a free COVID booster and flu shot all in one go (and, if social media is to be believed, a really sore arm in the process).

According to an email from the agency, the city went through 6,800 doses of the flu vaccine in three weeks and has no set date for another shipment to replenish the supply. (At least one of those shots went to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.)

“Flu shots are widely available throughout the community including at pharmacies and medical practices,” added D.C. Health in its email.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a flu-shot finder here.

According to data from D.C. Health, there were 814 positive flu cases in the city during the 2021-22 influenza season, during which flu activity was “moderately high” compared to past seasons. The flu season usually runs from October to May, but peaks from December to March.

Doctors and medical experts advise that as many people as possible get a flu shot, but to remember that it won’t protect against COVID, nor will a COVID vaccine protect against the seasonal flu.