Mayor Hancock, Denver officials pushing to prioritize homeless residents in vaccine distribution
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and last updated 2021-02-08 22:32:31-05
DENVER â Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver officials are continuing to advocate for accelerated COVID-19 vaccine availability for people experiencing homelessness.
The Denver Joint Task Force â made up of representatives from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, the Denver Department of Housing Stability, Denver Public Health at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and other Homeless Leadership Council providers â sent a memo to state officials last week urging the adoption of a location-based prioritization strategy to vaccinate homeless residents.
Denver officials detail application process for 5 Star program, reopening of Emergency Operations Center
On Thursday, Denver officials explained their focus on two important aspects of recovery from the pandemic: getting the economy moving again â which includes opening up applications for the 5 Star program â and ensuring vaccinations for all Denver residents.
and last updated 2021-01-28 21:04:09-05
DENVER â On Thursday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Denver is focusing on two important aspects of recovery from the pandemic: getting the economy moving again and ensuring vaccinations for all Denver residents.
During a press conference Thursday morning, Hancock and other leaders in Denver outlined next steps for the 5 Star Program in Denver, reactivation of the city s Emergency Operations Center and an update on the vaccination process across the city and county.
Denver opens 5 Star Program applications
Denver also announced that it will reactivate the city s emergency operations center to assist with vaccine distribution efforts. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 6:49 PM MST January 29, 2021
DENVER Denver is reactivating its emergency operations center (EOC) to help deal with what Mayor Michael Hancock called the twin challenges of vaccine distribution and economic recovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news vaccinations bring is not enough to rescue and restore our city, said Hancock. The economic crisis brought on by the pandemic is going to be with us even after our residents are safely vaccinated.
Denver opens 5 Star Program applications
Denver also announced that it will reactivate the city s emergency operations center to assist with vaccine distribution efforts. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 6:49 PM MST January 29, 2021
DENVER Denver is reactivating its emergency operations center (EOC) to help deal with what Mayor Michael Hancock called the twin challenges of vaccine distribution and economic recovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news vaccinations bring is not enough to rescue and restore our city, said Hancock. The economic crisis brought on by the pandemic is going to be with us even after our residents are safely vaccinated.
There wasn t so much an elephant in the room during Mayor Michael Hancock s December 17 press conference about the Mile High s continuing response to COVID-19 as there was a turkey.
For the past few weeks, Hancock has maintained a profile nearly as low as the Unknown Soldier s since being caught traveling out of state to spend Thanksgiving with his family after telling city employees not to do so, and he clearly didn t want to answer questions about the situation during this particular session. Prior to taking questions from journalists, he implied that anyone who quizzed him on the subject was disrespecting every front-line worker fighting the novel coronavirus, and when a reporter mentioned it anyway, the typically verbose official went positively monosyllabic.