UpdatedMon, Dec 14, 2020 at 8:40 pm MT
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FORT COLLINS, CO Some of Colorado s front-line health care workers received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
Kevin Londrigan, a respiratory therapist at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies, was the first Coloradan to receive the vaccine. Londrigan has underlying health conditions, and the majority of his patients have COVID-19, hospital officials said.
Colorado received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday morning, and the first doses go to high-risk health care workers those who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more.
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The state ordered 46,800 doses in the Pfizer shipment and 95,600 doses in the first Moderna shipment.