Wristbands for the swine flu vaccine will be available to members of the general public for the first time today.

Those wristbands correspond with tomorrow's vaccine clinic. They'll be distributed today at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and at the Washtenaw County Western Service Center, 705 N. Zeeb Road, from now until noon and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Wristbands are available for a swine flu vaccine clinic Friday.

Mark Bialek | For AnnArbor.com

About 2,500 doses of the H1N1 or swine flu vaccine will be given out to those with wristbands at a clinic tomorrow. Wristbands, which indicate a dose is available to an individual, will also be handed out at the clinic tomorrow starting at noon.

The vaccine clinic will be held tomorrow at EMU's Convocation Center, 799 N. Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti starting at 1 p.m.

Officials said they've determined those in the highest priority groups have had sufficient opportunity to get the H1N1 vaccine. Previously, the county has only distributed the vaccine to people determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be at high risk.

Earlier this week, the state announced the H1N1 flu vaccine would be available to all Michigan residents by next Monday since demand had dropped among those in the priority groups.

Those in the high-risk groups are still strongly encouraged to get the vaccine. Those groups include:

• Pregnant women.

• Health workers.

• People 6 months to 24 years old.

• Contacts and caregivers for children under 6 months old.

• People 25-64 who have higher risks of complications because of other health problems.

Tina Reed covers health and the environment for AnnArbor.com. You can reach her at tinareed@annarbor.com, call her at 734-623-2535 or find her on Twitter @TreedinAA.