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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.
Eight months into the pandemic and four months after the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received up to $15.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds, the county jail became the site of one of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreaks, with staff and inmates stating that they were not given adequate equipment to protect themselves.
The more than 1,200 inmates that pass through the jail on any given day were not given a mask until the week before last after the virus had infected hundreds of inmates and dozens of deputies. Before the week of Nov. 1, masks were only provided when moving throughout the jail.