COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to expand Friday
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CDPHE identifies two variant COVID strain cases in Moffat County
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More than 400 Moffat County residents received first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at the Moffat County Fairground Pavilion as part of Public Health’s Equity Clinic.
Previously, Public Health was scheduled to receive 500 vaccinations from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for the equity clinic, which was designed to reach the more vulnerable populations within the community inside the eligible criteria.
The CDPHE offered to any Public Health department in the state to host an equity clinic, which led to Moffat County taking advantage of the opportunity to do some community outreach.
“As a frontier community, we recognize that there are equity issues within the community, so we’re trying to reach to out to people that might not otherwise be able to receive the vaccine,” Public Health Director Kari Ladrow said. “This is to get vaccines to underserved communities, whether that’s because of internet access to sign up for the vaccine,