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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.85pt'><a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/jgunter/posts.html" title="Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com">and.com </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=articleparagraph id=QN2CTMG2XFB55IYT57TCFY24QE><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The sun burned through a morning fog Wednesday outside Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center as Ohioans made their way inside for the first official day of mass vaccinations for the coronavirus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=WJUB5H7LPRCIVPV7VAAOAKXSKM><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Volunteers greeted those arriving and offered help with where to enter the facility.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=UCXG26V3OZEFNA2VHR3NNBEDLY><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>During Tuesday’s soft opening, the center expected to vaccinate 1,500 people. The plan is to increase the daily number vaccinated by another 1,500 until they reach 6,000 vaccinations per day. They plan to remain at 6,000 vaccinations per day for eight weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=UAPOMRWLYJA55JVMZYWIAG2XTE><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2021/03/soft-opening-at-wolstein-center-mass-vaccination-center-is-smooth-and-very-organized.html" target="_blank">As Julie Washington’s Tuesday article stated</a>, vaccinations will start at 8 a.m. and will continue through 7:30 p.m. each day. Up to 210,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be distributed at the Wolstein Center, with a portion of those set aside for underserved minority communities, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=5YU4ZCTSSNBA3L3LDK5UQ5RLQQ><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Starting March 19, individuals of any age with one of five medical conditions, and adults age 40 and older, can get the vaccine, DeWine announced Tuesday. The medical conditions are cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and obesity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=GUHQGMABHREJRHW76JWRTMSOJE><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Starting March 29, every Ohioan age 16 and up can register for a vaccine. Teens 16 and 17 can only get the Pfizer vaccine. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are for adults 18 and over.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=H47GQXGSGBECFJJALFD3QXHEFQ><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Here are more details about the Wolstein Center vaccination site:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=I43QY7XDU5EGZIC6BG6OLMCK3Y><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>How to register at Wolstein:</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=VZJBSLY3TBA5NERV6L6ZA5PQ3Y><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Eligible Ohioans can go to the state’s new COVID-19 vaccine website to register for the shots at the Wolstein Center and other locations at <a href="http://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov/" target="_blank">gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov</a>. Individuals can also make an appointment by phone at 1-833-427-5634.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=TF7PBB5YBJHWBFTEPL7IS3HD4Y><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Types of vaccine:</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=4KVQBALFSFB3HKOVB5DQW37BUU><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>For the first three weeks the clinic is open, Pfizer vaccine will be administered. The following three weeks will be for second doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Up to 126,000 doses can be given.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=WE4AIUIXVRFXLAAW5V3ANCJRQM><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>During the seventh and eighth weeks of the clinic, Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine will be administered, DeWine said. Up to 84,000 of those vaccines will be given.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=J7MKE2DNXRFJDGPU6JZJLQJW7U><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>How the site works:</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=IOJS26WQYNGEXFBAV6ULVCWE3A><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Most people can enter through the main entrance, Gate B on the corner of E. 21st Street and Carnegie Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=ZBMEXMMKOFCHJPTD2S5K4M6WAE><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Gate A, located on the corner of E. 21st Street and Prospect Avenue, the northeast corner of the center, will be used for people who use wheelchairs or need language translation or use sign language.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=OYQILXV4RFFWXPNX55SG2KPBXQ><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Everyone arriving at the Wolstein Center must pass a temperature test and wear a CDC-approved mask.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=KWR3PXBZU5BRJG5N5ZZO5KQDTM><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Once inside the center, people will be seated in a row on the arena floor. Each quadrant can hold 120 people, for a maximum of 480 people on the floor at one time. Vaccinators will then go down each row and administer the immunization shot. Each vaccinated person will sit for 15-30 minutes of monitoring before leaving.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=HJDLCK3UDNHBRHNAVLGS7HMWJM><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Since the vaccination is administered in two shots, each person will automatically receive a scheduled appointment for their second shot precisely three weeks afterward. If your appointment was at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, your follow-up is three weeks later, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=QVI3AARLK5ADFA7PLGOOEP5UCA><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Where to park:</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=ESRYWYQWNRGHPE25Z5GX4Z7VQU><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Free parking near the Wolstein Center will be available for those getting vaccinated. Vaccine recipients also can park for free at all nearby Cleveland State-owned lots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=IBPUAZQ2FFGBLIBRKXGJWP4PUQ><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>Free RTA rides:</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=CAD3OADRWRDZXJ4UTVMRRMGZLY><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will offer free bus rides to the Wolstein Center and other vaccination sites throughout the county from Wednesday through May 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=DEQDRBFI5NE5JB6QAZ46JIGUBA><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>The all-day RTA passes will be distributed to hundreds of Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland social service agencies and community centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=ZTIVKKVRHJCBXM7YDTS72I6IJI><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>RTA will operate free shuttles every 15 minutes from the five nearby parking lots to the Wolstein Center for those who drive to their appointments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=articleparagraph id=BGLKVKNCCBHVFE6GP3CN6KAUSM><span lang=EN style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Benton Sans",serif;color:#222222'>The transit agency is also offering free paratransit services to vaccination sites. Only existing paratransit customers are eligible for these free rides.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>