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Health Care Workers In Colorado's Mountain Towns Get COVID-19 Vaccine

(CBS4) -- Hospital workers in all parts of Colorado have rolled up their sleeves to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

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(credit: Swedish Medical Center)

Frontline health care workers are getting their first injection at medical facilities across the state, from Swedish Hospital in Englewood, to Vail Health, to UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs.

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(credit: Shannon Lukens)

Nearly 220 workers got shots Thursday at Vail Health, which received nearly 1,000 doses.

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Officials say Colorado has received 46,790 doses at 24 sites and say the doses have been accounted for and distribution is going smoothly.

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(credit: Swedish Medical Center)

As of 3 pm. on Thursday, providers reported administering 8,217 doses since Monday.

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