Polis: Colorado kids 12 and up may be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday Molly Bohannon and Sady Swanson, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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UPDATE, May 13: A U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention panel voted Wednesday to recommend Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine be used for kids as young as 12. Fourteen out of 15 members of the panel voted to lower the age limit to 12. Read more here.
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Coloradans 12 and older are expected to be eligible for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday, Gov. Jared Polis said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Larimer County leads Colorado in variant strains of COVID-19. Vaccines are still the county s best tool at stopping the spread, health officials say.
Larimer County has 488 reported cases of the B.1.1.7. variant first detected in Britain the most of any other county in Colorado, according to the state COVID-19 data dashboard. El Paso County has the second highest number, at 289.
Larimer County also has 35 cases of the variant first detected in California,B1427/429, and one case of the P1 variant first detected in Brazil, according to the state. The P1 variant case is associated with travel, so county epidemiologist Jared Olson said it isn t as concerning.
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