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Since the beginning of the year, COVID-19 vaccines have slowly been made available to various segments of the population. Front line health care workers and older populations had first dibs, then those with health conditions...
Cyndee Durand, a volunteer for Summit County Public Health, fills vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the county's vaccine distribution drive-thru on Thursday, Jan. 14. County officials say they’re ready to vaccinate educators and people who are age 65 or older. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect comments from Summit School District spokesperson Mikki Grebetz. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced on Friday, Jan. 29, that pre-K through 12th grade educators and people who are at least 65 years old will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Feb. 8. Until Feb. 8, the state will continue vaccinating the currently eligible group — people who are 70 years and older, health care workers and first responders. Although 90% of health care workers have been vaccinated, the state still hasn’t reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of the 70-and-older population.
Colorado has seen a 17.2% increase in cases of the novel coronavirus related to the Christmas and New Year’s Eve holidays, statewide data shows. At a Summit County Board of Health meeting Thursday, Jan. 14,...