COVID-19 tester Sawyer Shook, 19, assists people with their tests Monday at the cell phone lot at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport. There were 130 appointments scheduled before the testing site closed at 2 p.m. Starting Monday, all visitors coming into the county had to complete an online affidavit saying they have been symptom free for 10 days and have received a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Valley Hospital is expecting to receive the upper Roaring Fork Valley’s first 100 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for its staff Wednesday afternoon, hospital officials said Monday.
Gov. Jared Polis received the state s first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday morning. Author: Bobbi Sheldon, Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Dacia Johnson (9NEWS) Published: 6:04 AM MST December 14, 2020 Updated: 10:15 PM MST December 14, 2020
DENVER The state s first COVID-19 vaccines were administered to frontline health-care workers Monday afternoon after Colorado received its first shipment of Pfizer s vaccine Monday morning.
“This is just the start of the distribution,” Gov. Jared Polis said. “It’ll help protect some of our most vulnerable, the tireless COVID workers who work in COVID wards every day, and then more will become available for the general population to help end the pandemic.
Be vigilant in your COVID safety protocols
We are in the midst of a public health emergency. Science does not fabricate the severity of this pandemic. In what world are restaurants, gyms and retail businesses considered “critical” as our county commissioners suggest? Critical businesses mean grocers, pharmacies, health care facilities and utilities. If there is not compliance among the public after the endless messages on how to contain the coronavirus spread, the county deserves to be in a shutdown. With rising cases following Thanksgiving 700 new cases in the past two weeks what will Christmas bring? More of the same I fear. Until a vaccine is available to all, people must be vigilant in their hygiene, wearing masks, avoiding groups and practicing safe distancing. This is not an issue of personal freedoms because I am not free to infect you nor are you free to infect me.
The first shipment of Pfizer vaccine will be distributed among 46 sites, and the first of the Moderna vaccine will go to about 150 sites, according to CDPHE.