RN Kimberly DeLine, associate chief nursing officer of the UCHealth Medical Group, gives Larry Cannon a dose of Pfizer vaccine at a UCHealth vaccination clinic. Courtesy UCHealth
UCHealth, El Paso County Public Health and Servicios de la Raza, and Peak Vista Community Health Centers are offering free pop-up vaccine clinics this weekend, to expand equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations.Â
The clinics will run Friday. Feb. 19 and Saturday Feb. 20.Â
Announcing the clinics, El Paso County Public Health experts pointed out that the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing health disparities.
âTo achieve equity, deliberate action is needed. As COVID-19 vaccination efforts progress, it is critical to eliminate barriers to fair vaccine distribution,â Public Healthâs statement reads. âThe state provides vaccines to support these events, with the goal of helping to increase access and reduce barriers.âÂ
Kathleen Daiutolo received her vaccine Thursday afternoon at UCHealth. Courtesy UCHealth
El Paso County will receive 12,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine early next week. This follows a Feb. 3 statement from El Paso County Public Health saying the county âhas not received vaccine supply proportionate to population, and this needs to be remedied quickly.â
Public Health and El Paso County announced leadership at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment had notified them of the increased number of doses Feb. 4.Â
âThis is part of an ongoing commitment from CDPHE to increase vaccine allocation to El Paso County and the County anticipates increased doses in coming weeks,â the Public Health statement reads.Â