OptumCare staff inoculate 1,250 LWers last weekend

COVID-19

Last weekend, 1,250 second-dose inoculations were completed for LW residents whose appointments were originally scheduled for Feb. 20 and 21.

This coming weekend, March 6 and 7, residents who were originally scheduled for clinics on Feb. 25 and 26 will also get their second doses.

People who received their first shots on Feb. 4 will also get their second doses on Saturday, March 6. If you were vaccinated on Feb. 5, come to Clubhouse 6 this Sunday, March 7, for your second dose.

In the future, all clinics will be held on weekends.

Appointment times have been changed for upcoming second-shot clinics. Although recipients may have been told to return at the same time that they had their first shots, the second-shot clinics are moving faster. People with afternoon reservations should come in at times listed below. OptumCare has adjusted appointment times, based on the pace of inoculations last weekend:

• If you are scheduled for your second shot before noon, you may come at the time you were given. COVID-19 TRANSPORTATION

LW Minibus and on-call service will be available from 8-5 p.m. on all Saturday and Sunday vaccination clinic days.

The on-call bus service will be available for everyone and is not to be confused with Access bus service, which is specifically for people with mobility issues.

There will not be any fixedroute (scheduled) Minibuses available on Saturdays and Sundays, so people who need to get to vaccine clinics will have to use on-call service.

No appointment is required for on-call service.

Anyone who needs transportation to clinics or any other location inside Leisure World should call (562) 431-6585, ext. 379, and request for a bus to come to their location.

A Leisure World Minibus will be dispatched to the specified location within10 minutes or less. Because parking is very limited at Clubhouse 6, where clinics are held, residents are asked to consider using the Minibus oncall service.

For more information, call (562) 431-6586, ext. 372.

LW Access bus service is by appointment only for people with mobility concerns.

People can schedule Access appointments to the vaccination clinics (or any other location inside Leisure World) by calling (562) 431-6585, ext. 379. Access bus appointments are scheduled on the half-hour and can be made up to three days in advance.

—Grant Winford GRF fleet manager