Colorado’s first long-term CO-VID-19 mass vaccination sites are slated to be operating in Denver, Commerce City and Loveland by early April. Operating stations are in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Pueblo.
The mass vaccination sites include:
• The Ranch events complex in Loveland
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. Schedule appointments through Centura Health.
• Ball Arena in Denver
UCHealth Nurse Giving Vaccination.
Beginning April 1, anyone in Colorado who is 50 or older can get the COVID-19 vaccine, as can frontline workers in higher education, food service, manufacturing, public transit, public health, hu-man services, faith communities, media, some state and local government divisions, or services to homeless populations.
Colorado also will expand who qualifies as eligible due to high-risk medical conditions starting in late March. People who have one condition considered high-risk can get the shot, as can people with the following conditions asthma, cerebrovascular disease, cystic fibrosis, High blood pressure, weakened immune system, HIV, neurologic conditions, including dementia, liver disease, pulmonary fibrosis (damaged or scarred lungs), and thalassemia (genetic disorder with abnormal red blood cells, which carry oxygen).
To be eligible on medical grounds currently, a person must have two of the following conditions cancer that required treatment in the last month, including other medical issues. Vaccines also are currently avail-able to people who are at least 60, or who work in health care, education, child care, grocery stores or agriculture.
The state also has partnered with 17 organizations serving people with disabilities, immigrants, low-income families and others to host pop-up locations for their target communities, from Friday last week to Thursday. They are not walk-up locations and all require appointments through the providers. The shots are free, and providers can’t require identification.