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COLUMBUS (WCMH) The states COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans are expanding again this week.

Starting Monday, medical providers have some more option when it comes to who they can administer the shots.

Essentially, what this means is more vaccine is being made available specifically for Ohios college-aged community.

Now that theres, like, more vaccines and people are able to get it more accessible, I think its good students are getting them now, said Ohio State University student Hamzah Chaudhry.

Students have been eligible since the state opened up the vaccine to people 16 years and older, but starting this week, the Wexner Medical Center will be allocating more of its first dose supply for university students, faculty, and staff.

The medical center is doing this to follow the states vaccine distribution plans.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced that starting this week, there can be workplace vaccination clinics.

The state is also allowing vaccine providers to dedicate up to 25 percent of their supply to their employees or to partner with other businesses and employers.

According to the Ohio State University vaccine information page, a portion of appointments at the mass vaccination clinic at the Schottenstein Center will be specifically for students, faculty, or staff.

I think thats a huge deal, said Ohio State University student Ben Reimer. I think, hopefully, itll encourage a lot of people to get their vaccines in a hurry while, especially people who live in dorms, while its still convenient before they leave for the summer.

Reimer knows the importance of being vaccinated he nearly lost a family member to COVID-19.

Shes made a miraculous recovery, he said. It was really scary there for a while. We basically said good-bye to her over Facetime, which wasnt easy, but a lot of people actually had to say good-bye.

In November, Reimers mother was hospitalized with COVID-19 and was almost put on a ventilator before she started getting better. Shes part of the reason he got the vaccine as soon as he could.

It was very sad for us, he said. Its stuff you hear about happening to other people, but when it hits so close to home, it really, really makes a difference. So getting a vaccine wasnt even a question for us just avoid it happening to another family member or somebody else we dont even know.

Part of the stated goal with opening slots for students is to ensure they are fully vaccinated before returning home at the end of the semester.

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The Pfizer vaccine is the only shot approved for youth ages 16 and 17, who are currently eligible in Wisconsin.

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Calumet County's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Martin Lutheran Church,717 Memorial Dr., in Chilton has available appointments this week and next.

The clinic will operate April 14, 16 and 20, according to a release from the county, and will offer the Pfizer vaccine, the only vaccineapproved for people ages 16 and 17. Youth are required to have a guardian with them at the clinic.

Online registration begins Monday at 10 a.m. atcalumetcounty.org/873/COVID-19-Coronavirus. People with questions or those who do not speak English can call 920-849-1466.

Anyone 16 and older in Wisconsin is eligible for the vaccine. The shots are free, and health insurance is not needed at the clinic. Your appointment for your second dose will be scheduled at your first appointment.

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City of Los Angeles expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 16 and older

LOS ANGELES - Residents age 16 and over will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as Tuesday at city-run sites in Los Angeles, officials said.

"Opening vaccine eligibility to all Angelenos who are 16 and older is a major milestone in our efforts to get more shots into more arms and defeat COVID-19 once and for all," Mayor Eric Garcetti said Sunday.

"We urge patience as we continue to ramp up our operations, obtain more doses, and enter this new phase of our campaign to end the pandemic. But our commitment remains clear: as soon as vaccines are available, we are ready to administer them swiftly and safely."

Appointments for the vaccines can be made online and are open to any Los Angeles County resident.

The city is expected to receive nearly 60,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 56,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, and still has about 15,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in supply. The city vaccination sites will be able to administer more than 130,000 doses to Angelenos -- including approximately 60,000 first-dose appointments and 70,000 second doses - - across its nine permanent sites and its Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity program, officials said.

The city is also taking over operations from state officials at the Cal State Los Angeles vaccine center. The Los Angeles Fire Department will lead the team at Cal State LA, supported by staff from Community Organized Relief Effort, as well as those contracted locally for the site through FEMA.

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In addition to Cal State LA, the city will deliver doses across its permanent locations at San Fernando Park, Hansen Dam, Crenshaw Christian Center, Lincoln Park, Pierce College, USC University Park, Los Angeles Southwest College and Dodger Stadium.

All sites will be open Tuesday through Saturday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dodger Stadium will only be offering appointments until 1 p.m. this week from Tuesday through Thursday to accommodate home games, although the site will remain open until 4 p.m.

Also Sunday, Los Angeles County reported 546 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths, although the lower number of deaths may reflect reporting delays over the weekend.

The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 492 Saturday to 470 Sunday according to state figures, which are generally a day ahead of numbers provided by the county. The number of COVID patients in intensive care dropped from 125 to 116.

Sunday's numbers brought the county's totals to 1,225,796 cases and 23,477 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

On Saturday, the department reported an additional 11 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

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The new cases of MIS-C brought that total to 169 cases in the county, including one child death. All 169 were hospitalized and 39% of the children were treated in the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 26% were under the age of 5 years old, 31% were between 5 and 9, 27% were between 10 and 14 and 16% were between 15 and 20. Latino/Latinx children account for 75% of the reported cases.

MIS-C is a serious inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that affects children under 21 years old. Symptoms include fever that does not go away and inflamed body parts, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Parents who believe their child is displaying MIS-C symptoms are urged to contact their primary care doctor or an urgent care provider.

"While we are making tremendous progress with the spread of COVID-19 in our county there is also still great sadness as well," Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Saturday. "... April is a critical month in our COVID-19 recovery journey. Over the last few weeks, businesses and public spaces have reopened, and many more people have been out and around others. With increased contact among non-household members, there are many more opportunities for transmission of COVID-19, particularly if public health directives are not followed. As we're seeing in many other states, if we can't find it in us to follow safety precautions, including wearing face coverings and distancing when around others, we jeopardize our ability to move forward on the recovery journey."

Los Angeles County will see a dip in its supply of doses this week due to what is expected to be a temporary shortfall in availability of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shots.

But while the decline in the county-controlled supply is concerning -- and poorly timed -- there are still expected to be about a half-million available doses in the county, thanks to other non-county or city providers who receive direct allocations from the state and federal governments.

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"Taken together, we estimate that well over 500,000 doses of vaccine will be allocated to vaccination sites across the county," said Dr. Paul Simon, chief science officer for the county health department.

The county's allocation of vaccine for next week is expected to total 323,470, Simon said. That's a roughly 74,000-dose drop from last week, with the reduction due to a major drop in availability of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine. The county received about 97,000 doses of that vaccine last week, but will only receive about 20,000 this week.

Simon said the county's allocations of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will both increase, but not enough to make up for the Johnson & Johnson dropoff. He said he remains confident the Johnson & Johnson supply will rebound in coming weeks, and overall, the county is on track to get much of the adult population vaccinated by early summer.

"At the pace we're going, we will be able to get where we want to be by late June, as long as people continue to present for a vaccination," Simon said. "... But over a several week period as things open up -- and we've seen this in the past as other groups became newly eligible -- there is that rush over a period of a week or two, and there's just no getting around that.

"So I think we will be urging the public to be patient, but we are confident we will be able to serve everybody's needs over the coming weeks," he said.

Simon also noted that when everyone 16 and up becomes eligible, it creates a further challenge for people who have less access to online appointment sites, as a wider portion of the population with greater computer access crowds them out.

"We are quite concerned with this opening up of eligibility ... that those with less resources, less ability to navigate these online appointment systems or faced with waits on our call line will have more difficulty getting appointments," he said. "And that could have the unfortunate consequence of worsening these disparities. ... And so we are going to be working really, really hard to make sure we work with the community organizations that are serving these communities to make it at little bit easier for them to get appointments."

As of April 4, a total of 4,715,894 doses of vaccine have been administered in the county, including 1,652,149 second doses. Simon noted that number represented an increase of 702,000 over the previous nine days, meaning an average of about 78,000 doses administered daily during that span.

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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) Baystate Health is offering walk-in appointments Monday for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

The walk-in clinic located on 361 Whitney Ave. in Holyoke and is open to all Hampden County residents. Walk-ins will be allowed from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. However, limited supplies are available so it will be a first come, first serve basis. Eligible residents are asked to bring their license or proof of residency.

Vaccines will also be available at Gateway City Arts at 92 Race Street Monday. However, you must be a Holyoke resident who is currently eligible to receive a vaccine.

Currently, anyone 55 years or older are eligible to receive the vaccine in Massachusetts, as well as anyone who is 16 years or older with one certain medical condition.

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So last month, it became one of the few countries to allow the private sector to import and sell vaccines.

Several centers sold out in days. Others that had initially allowed walk-ins switched to online sign-ups after being inundated with people. Many online booking systems have since been paused, as clinics slowly work through a backlog of inquiries.

The private vaccines, however, are open to everyone -- and many people, otherwise ineligible for the government's program, are now hoping to secure a slot in private clinics.

"It's good that it's available privately, I have no idea when our turn will come through the government," said Anushka Jatoi, 35, who got the vaccine with her family at a private hospital in the southern city of Karachi.

But the private sales have also raised concerns about pricing and accessibility, and highlighted the country's deep-rooted social inequality. Most private sales are in large cities, such as Karachi and Islamabad, and remain inaccessible to residents in more rural areas -- and the price remains beyond most of Pakistan's population.

The Sputnik vaccine currently costs 12,000 Pakistani rupees ($80) for two doses, according to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).

With long delays in the COVAX program, and vaccines arriving from Russia and China relatively slowly, Pakistan's government has allowed the private sector to step in. Companies and private hospitals must fill out an application to the country's regulator, DRAP, to receive a No Objection Certificate (NOC) -- the document which allows them to import and sell vaccines.

Leaders at AGP, the pharmaceutical company supplying the private Sputnik shots, have argued that Pakistanis are running out of time as the outbreak worsens. By sharing the burden between the state and the private sector, more people can get inoculated faster and get the economy back on track, they say.

Pakistan has recorded more than 721,000 cases and more than 15,000 related deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and is currently in the middle of a third wave.

"We were cognizant of the fact that with 113 million (adults) in Pakistan, vaccination by the public health care sector will be a huge challenge," said AGP CEO Nusrat Munshi. "Someone had to rise to the challenge."

Pakistan's decision to allow private sales has ignited a debate around the ethics of commercializing vaccines during a pandemic -- and a legal battle between the government and AGP over pricing.

Jatoi acknowledged her privilege, describing the private hospital where she got vaccinated as being "like a hotel," with complimentary snacks and croissants in the waiting area. "We're lucky to be be in this position," she said.

Transparency International Pakistan, the national branch of the international anti-corruption non-profit organization Transparency International, wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan last month, urging the government to ban private imports and sales. The commercialization of vaccines would essentially allow the wealthy to cut the line and exacerbate existing inequality, said the letter.

"The selling of this vaccine is just unethical, and too bad for the community," said Dr. Tipu Sultan, former head of the Pakistan Medical Association. "Only few people who are moneyed are going to buy it. The bulk of the population cannot afford it."

Eventually, the government reversed its decision and DRAP announced it would set a price cap -- prompting AGP to take the government to court. Since 50,000 doses of Sputnik vaccine had already arrived, the company was granted an interim order allowing it to sell the vaccines at $80 for two doses until the final pricing is decided.

Munshi, the CEO, defended the cost of the vaccine. There are many additional fees included in the process, including the cost of international shipping, government taxes, border clearing charges, warehouse costs, national supply chains, and specialized storage to keep the vaccines at the required minus 18 degrees Celsius, she said.

The company had used DRAP's recommended pricing formula to reach their final, "plausible" price, she added. "At this point in time the availability of the vaccine is far more important than the price."

But critics say even the current price of $80 is too much, out of reach for much of the public.

"This should not be more than 1,000 rupees or 1,200 rupees ($6.6 or $7.9)," said Sultan. "It is the duty of the state to provide vaccination for every citizen. And if they start selling it, then obviously it will be costly."

Everyone in Pakistan is now waiting -- for more vaccines to arrive, for registration at private clinics, for the government to reach a decision on pricing.

But the process of getting a privately sold shot has numerous complications, even for those who can afford it.

"I'm super frustrated because I have to travel for work, and I'm unable to get my vaccine," said Maha Mussadaq, a content lead at Foodpanda Thailand, who has been stranded in Islamabad. She tried all week to sign up for the vaccine, but has not been able to confirm a time slot, she said. She went online to register, and was told she would receive a phone call with more details, but was given no indication of when it might come.

"There's no system in place, and there's no definition of a timeline," she said. All of her travel plans for work are dependent on whether she can get the first dose, but with news of the vaccine selling out, she is quickly losing hope of that happening.

And even those who got their first shots are worried. "I'm afraid there's no guarantee that we'll get the second dose, what if supplies run out?" said Jatoi. "There's a lot of uncertainty."

Meanwhile, authorities are bracing for the Ramadan events that will start on Tuesday. During the Muslim holy month, devotees typically observe fasts and gather in mosques for daily prayers. At the end of the holy month, called Eid al-Fitr, friends and families gather to celebrate with feasts, festivities, and special prayers.

It's one of Islam's biggest holidays -- and it poses a Covid-19 risk. Around this time last year, countries around the world were experiencing devastating first waves, and imposed lockdowns that saw at-home and virtual Ramadan events.

The government warned last week that if the outbreak worsens during Ramadan and cases surge, it could revise and tighten restrictions again.

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LEES SUMMIT, Mo. If youve been waiting for a quick and easy way to get your COVID-19 shot, a large-scale clinic is operating this week at a metro soccer field.

Officials with the City of Lees Summit are working with the state of Missouri to host a large-scale clinic at Legacy Park Soccer Field on April 14 and 15. Appointments are available from noon to 8 p.m. both days.

Organizers expect to vaccinate about 2,200 people each day with the Pfizer shot. Those who go for their first dose will have to get their second dose early in May, which will be offered at another two-day event.

City officials ask participants avoid causing large lines by arriving within 20 minutes of their appointment and no earlier. Health professionals will need to access the upper arm, and masks for everyone are required.

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Registration is also availableby calling (877) 435-8411. See more information, including directions to the site within the park, on the Lees Summit website.

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Below is information regarding public opportunities for vaccination appointments including; addresses, availability, as well as how to schedule your appointment, and what vaccine type is being offered at each location. These include City of Detroit locations as well as pharmacies and medical centers.

To schedule at ANY City of Detroit location please call (313) 230-0505to make an appointment (M-F 9am - 6pm). TCF Center is now accepting walk-ins on the Rooftop M-F 9am - 5pm. Please use "TCF Center Rooftop" in Google Maps.

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The governor said when 2.5 million Kentuckians receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he will remove capacity and distancing restrictions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued a challenge Monday morning in the hopes of encouraging all Kentuckians to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

Outside the new mass vaccination site at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Beshear announced the "Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge." The goal of the challenge is to reward the state's vaccination efforts by removing COVID-19 restrictions.

The first goal of the challenge is to give out 2.5 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky. When the state reaches that goal, Beshear said he will remove capacity restrictions on nearly all events, businesses and venues that serve fewer than 1,000 customers. He also said he would remove physical distancing restrictions and end the curfew for bars and restaurants in the state.

"This is what you have been waiting for - a clear number and a clear goal to hit," Beshear said.

Beshear stressed that the mask mandate will remain in place due to the concern over COVID-19 variants.

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On Sunday, Gov. Beshear said more than 1.5 million Kentuckianshave received their vaccine so far, so the state is about 900,000 people away from reaching the first goal. Gov. Beshear said we can reach 2.5 million people vaccinated in three and a half weeks, but more realistically four to six weeks.

The vaccination site at Cardinal Stadium opened Monday morning at 9 a.m. It will be the largest mass vaccination site in the state. Gov. Beshear said around 4,000 Kentuckians should be able to get vaccinated at that site each day. The goals of the site is to administer 200,000 vaccines in seven weeks.

A month ago there were more people who wanted the vaccine than doses available. Now the supply is available, and is ready to be administered.

Now its up to our people to do, I think their duty as citizens, their patriotic duty as Americans as we fight this disease together, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said. We need you to come get your vaccine.

Eligibility for the COVID-19 has been expanded to include everyone 16 years old and older.

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