Closing in on the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in Moffat County, Public Health says it is looking forward to shifting into the recovery phase of the pandemic, which will allow them to get back to what Public Health would do in a normal year: focus on disease prevention.
As vaccines become more readily available for Moffat County residents and cases continue to drop in 2021, Public Health hopes to be able to transition to providing immunizations, health education programs, disease prevention, and more in early spring and summer.
Typically, Public Health provides immunizations to adults, adolescents, pediatrics and pediatricians for various diseases. In 2021, Public Health says it hopes to work closely with schools to improve county vaccination rates. On top of immunizations, health education, infectious disease prevention and other overall health screenings, Public Health also looks forward to utilizing some new equipment for use on health screenings and more.
Moffat County Public Health Nurse Becky Copeland administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to a Moffat County resident during Public Health’s drive-thru vaccination clinic at the Moffat County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning. Public Health will be holding drive-thru clinics at the Fairgrounds every Tuesday and Wednesday for the foreseeable future. To sign up for an appointment, visit https://www.comassvax.org/clinic/search
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As COVID-19 vaccinations become more readily available to Colorado residents, Moffat County Public Health continues to provide vaccinations throughout the community.
With the state recently moving into Phase 1B.3 of vaccination rollouts, Public Health is set to hold drive-thru vaccination clinics at the Moffat County Fairgrounds every Tuesday and Wednesday for the foreseeable future.
The last year has been a busy one for Moffat County Public Health Nurse Olivia Scheele.
It’s safe to say it’s not a year she knowingly signed up for the workload and the general stress that the COVID-19 pandemic brought on has been incredible for public health workers nationwide.
Through it all though, Scheele – dubbed the “COVID Lady” by the Craig Press in the summer of 2020 has been front and center, taking care of patients left and right in the community, testing and vaccinating as many as possible to help Moffat County get a handle on the pandemic.
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While numbers are down overall in Moffat County when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic that has carried over into 2021, the community has seen a slight spike in cases in the last week.