By The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Ontario is well below its vaccination target with only 30 per cent of the population having received the H1N1 shot, the province's top medical official said Friday.

"While that's good, quite frankly it's just not good enough," Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said as she reminded people that they should not become complacent.

The target had been to vaccinate 70 per cent of the population.

"I trust that people will make the right decision," said King.

"We want to continue to saturate the population with vaccine and not with virus."

Although flu activity is decreasing, there are still new hospitalizations and deaths from swine flu, King said.

The province also announced it will offer seasonal flu shots after having limited that vaccine to people over age 65.

Although about 99 per cent of the virus circulating is H1N1, King said it's important to get both vaccinations.

"We want to get ahead of the game here. We want to get ahead of the curve," said King, adding that both vaccines can be administered safely at the same time.

Ontario has seen 106 deaths from H1N1 and 1,672 hospitalizations since April.

The province reports an average of 9,000 cases of seasonal flu each year and approximately 500 deaths.