El Paso County citizens who currently qualify for a COVID-19 vaccine should register to receive it through every avenue possible, as there is no single streamlined process, health officials said Tuesday.
"We are encouraging people to sign up for all the portals they can get access to," said Lisa Powell, public health emergency manager for the county health department, noting that providers may have different vaccine availability at different times. "Being in the queue does not keep anybody from getting vaccinated."
County health officials announced Tuesday that Safeway would join the list of local COVID-19 vaccine providers. But the county's allocation of vaccine will not increase with the addition of the grocery-pharmacy chain as a provider, she said.