Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center plans to begin vaccinating frontline and health care workers immediately upon the anticipated receipt of the first round of a limited allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Allison Gergley, marketing and public relations manager for the hospital stated in a press release.
Timing is dependent on pending vaccine delivery confirmation from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, she said.
The state public health departmentâs vaccine distribution plan is separated into three main phases, with phase 1 divided into phase 1A and phase 1B.
Phase 1A includes highest-risk health care workers, the tier of Coloradans to receive the vaccine first.
As Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center and Chaffee County Public Health prepare to receive the first batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the case count in Chaffee county shows no sign of slowing with 27 cases reported from Saturday through Monday.
Mondayâs case count was 13. One of those testing positive on Saturday was a staff member at Buena Vista Correctional Facility, which is in the midst of an outbreak. Colorado Department of Corrections currently list 54 inmates with active cases of COVID-19.
One of the county cases identified in the last 7 days, a 74-year-old man in the south end of the county died, but it was unknown whether his death was a direct result of the virus.
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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.