Governor Jared Polis visits Colorado Springs vaccines clinics and businesses
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Governor Jared Polis is in Colorado Springs today visiting vaccination clinics and area businesses.
The Governor first stopped at the United States Post Office on East Fountain Avenue. Around 100 postal workers will be vaccinated at the vaccination site on property.
Post office workers have been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine since Phase 1b in late December.
Whe discussing how Colorado would reach its vaccination goals, Governor Polis announced that 82-percent of Coloradans over 70 have been vaccinated. That’s a 12-percent increase since February.
Governor Polis says it’s important that vaccines aren’t a burden to obtain.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis picks up a box full of Sasquatch Cookies during his visit to Sasquatch Cookies in Colorado Springs on Friday, April 23, 2021. During his visit to Colorado Springs, Gov. Polis met with several small business owners and toured the vaccination clinic for USPS Postal Workers and Peak Vista Community Health Centers. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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