People not already in line at two special H1N1 immunization clinics were being turned away Saturday afternoon.

The clinics were held at the University of Manitoba and the Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba.

A spokeswoman for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said there were enough people queued up at the U of M clinic at 2:30 p.m. to keep staff and volunteers busy until the 4 p.m. closing time or later, so the line was cut off. The same decision was made at the Philippine Canadian Centre at 3 p.m.

As of 1 p.m. a total of 1,148 people had been vaccinated at the H1N1 immunization clinics. It's the first time the WRHA has held the mass clinics on a weekend.

A total of 123,592 people have been vaccinated for H1N1 through the WRHA, the health authority stated.

The WRHA announced Thursday it planned to set up two clinics in the city Saturday provided there was enough vaccine available. The organization later confirmed it did in fact have enough vaccine.

The WRHA is using some unadjuvanted vaccine to immunize healthy people aged 10 to 64.

The vaccine was originally created for use in pregnant women, however, there is an over-abundant supply for the number of pregnant women in the province, and therefore some will be used for the more general population. Health Canada approved the use of the vaccine for use in the expanded population Friday.

People who do not fall in the 10 to 64 age group and those with weakened immune systems should still receive the more powerful adjuvanted version.