The University received 500 doses of the H1N1 vaccination this week, and plans to begin distributing these vaccinations to “high risk groups” – which includes pregnant women and caregivers for children younger than six months of age – according to an Infomail sent Thursday afternoon.

These high risk groups will receive the vaccine free of charge beginning Friday from the Student Health Service.

Because many students do not fall into these two “high risk” groups, a University official said the University’s H1N1 task force will determine the next group to receive the leftover H1N1 vaccine.

“After tomorrow’s H1N1 vaccine clinic, the University will evaluate next steps in accordance with CDC guidelines,” said Edwin Schonfeld, co-leader of the University’s H1N1 task force efforts and senior associate vice president for administration, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s H1N1 guidelines.

More H1N1 vaccines will make their way to the University in coming weeks, according to the Infomail, however a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 70 percent of college-age people do not plan on getting the vaccine. The Post highlighed GW students in their story, which also said GW administrators requested 14,000 H1N1 vaccinations from the D.C. Department of Health, the agency distributing the vaccine.

The University has also rescheduled another seasonal flu clinic on Tuesday Nov. 17, where 1,400 doses of the seasonal influenza vaccine will be distributed free of charge to students, faculty and staff. The clinic will be held in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In October, the University was forced to postpone two scheduled seasonal influenza clinics, after they exhausted the 4,500 dose supply.