Colorado Transitioning From Mass Vaccination Sites To Traditional Health Care Settings

By Conor McCue, CBS Denver:

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – Thursday marks the beginning of the next chapter in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a transition from mass vaccination and testing sites to providers, community organizations and mobile clinics.

With the majority of Coloradans partially vaccinated, the lines at drive up sites like the one at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park are often empty, but for months, these were an important part of the state’s COVID-19 response.

“I think it really was important and helpful as one of the many strategies to make vaccines accessible,” said Michele Askenazi, Director of Emergency Preparedness Response and Communicable Disease Surveillance for the Tri-County Health Department, which supported the state-run sites.

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