Thousands of appointments available at Colorado State Fairgrounds vaccine site
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment says thousands of new vaccine appointments are available at the Colorado State Fairgrounds.
People can schedule an appointment to get the Pfizer vaccine next week.
There will be 11 total drive-thru lanes.
Also, the City says Mesa Avenue, from Acero to Gaylord, will be closed to help ease the flow of traffic to the vaccine site.
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The backslide on the dial from Level Blue, where the county had operated since Feb. 6, to Level Yellow means additional restrictions for Pueblo, including increased capacity restrictions on businesses.
The move to Level Yellow will result in the following restrictions for businesses that have not been certified through the Pueblo City and County 5 Star Variance Program:
Restaurants must now reduce capacity to 50% or 150 people, whichever is fewer.
Last call will shift from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Non-critical manufacturers move to 50% capacity or 50 people.
Offices will go back to 50% capacity with remote work strongly encouraged.
Bars, which could operate at 25% capacity under Level Blue, must again close.
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COVID-19 vaccines await injection at the UCHealth COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021.
A new federal community vaccination site opens mid-April in Pueblo County, a partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM). It is slated to be an eight-week pilot effort.
The site, located at the Colorado State Fairgrounds, was previously a COVID-19 testing location. In mid-March, it transitioned to a drive-through vaccine clinic run by both the state and Centura Health, one of six community vaccination sites across Colorado operated by the state.
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The state-run regional COVID-19 vaccination site at the Colorado State Fairgrounds will transition next week to a federally run pilot site to speed up vaccinations in Pueblo and surrounding rural communities.
Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday that the eight-week Pueblo County Pilot Community Vaccination Site a joint effort by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will take over the current state-run site at the fairgrounds April 14.
Lynn Kimbrough, an external affairs specialist for FEMA Region 8, said federal involvement at the site will bring an additional allotment of vaccine supply to Pueblo and surrounding counties to “ensure greater access” to the vaccine.