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Vaccination event shows high demand for doses
Peak Vista Community Health Centers joined forces with Matthews-Vu Medical group to provide vaccinations to those 70 years and older at Peak Vista s Health Center at Jet Wing Drive.
Posted at 7:22 AM, Feb 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-06 11:15:17-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â Peak Vista Community Health Centers joined forces with Matthews-Vu Medical group to provide vaccinations to those 70 years and older at Peak Vista s Health Center at Jet Wing Drive.
This is the first vaccination event between that s a collaboration between Peak Vista and Matthews-Vu, and Sunday s event was all booked up due to high demand.
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El Paso County getting nearly 13k vaccines next week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The El Paso County Department of Public Health says the state will deliver 12,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week to the county.
It s about double the doses the county has received per week on average, according to the local health department.
EPC Public Health says the doses will go directly to five providers to distribute to people over the age of 70. Those providers include UCHealth, Safeway, Centura, Optum/Mountain View Medical, and Peak Vista Community Health Centers.
“It is vital to our efforts to get more supplies from the state. CDPHE makes the decisions on vaccine distribution. We appreciate CDPHE for recognizing the need for more vaccines in El Paso County. This will allow us to vaccinate more people in the priority groups as established by the state. There is no higher priority than getting vaccines in arms so that we can prevent disease and move our county along the path to rec
The state s plans to bolster supply in the county followed concern from county and city officials that the county was receiving less than 12.5% of the state s vaccine distribution even though it represents 12.5% of the state s population.
The governor s office fired back Wednesday, saying El Paso County had more than 10,000 doses sitting on shelves and that it prioritizes resupplying providers who are rapidly vaccinating patients.
In a Thursday news release, El Paso County disputed the claim, saying no doses in the county have been shelved or wasted. Each vaccine provider within El Paso County has an excellent record of tracking and distributing all vaccines sent by the state, the release stated. All vaccines received are targeted for necessary second doses for priority populations, imminent mass vaccination events or otherwise already in the distribution chain.