Salt Lake County residents who didn't get one of today's first health department appointments for H1N1 vaccinations have a new option -- all Harmons Grocery, Smith's Food & Drug and Walgreens pharmacy locations in the county will have 200 doses each.

Walgreens will begin taking walk-in customers on Thursday. Smith's Food & Drug is already taking appointments, while Harmons will begin scheduling on Thursday.

"This collaboration will provide an initial total of 10,000 vaccinations and will increase vaccination access points by 50 locations around Salt Lake County," Gary Edwards, executive director of the Salt Lake Valley Health Department, said in a statement.

By law, pharmacies are authorized to vaccinate people ages 13 years old and above. For the H1N1 vaccine, they must also vaccinate only individuals that fall within the CDC priority groups. These groups are:

» Pregnant women;

» People age 13 to 24 years old;

» Health care and emergency medical personnel with direct patient contact;

» People who live with or care for babies under 6 months of age;

» People age 13 through 64 years old with chronic underlying conditions such as asthma and diabetes.

The vaccine is free, though the pharmacies may charge an administrative cost.

Call your pharmacy to make an appointment or learn clinic hours.

The Salt Lake Valley Health Department launched a new appointment system today for the 3,500 doses in its latest shipment -- but they were all spoken for within 14 minutes, according to Salt Lake Valley Health Department spokeswoman Pam Davenport.

The department had set up a new system for people to book appointments online or through a 10-person call center starting at 9 a.m.

"It took 14 minutes," Davenport said. "Can you believe that?"

She said the department will likely continue the reservation system when it receives more doses. When that will happen, "we have very little idea," she said.