Restaurant Workers In Colorado Get Their Own COVID Vaccine Clinic

DENVER (CBS4) - Local restaurant workers in Colorado will get their own COVID-19 vaccine clinic next week. A spokesperson with the Denver Mayor's Office confirmed the clinic with CBS4 on Thursday.

There are nearly 300,000 restaurant workers in Colorado.

In coordination with the Colorado Restaurant Association, Eat Denver, and local chambers, the Vaccine Task Force and Equity Outreach Team has organized four sites in Summit, Larimer and El Paso counties on Tuesday, March 23 and one site in Denver on two days, the first on Tuesday, March 23 and the second on Wednesday, March 24.

The vaccine clinic in Denver is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2246 Larimer Street.

All restaurant workers will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine under Phase 1B.4 which opens Friday.

The owner of Blake Street Tavern, Chris Fuselier, told CBS4's Mekialaya White that there will be a separate state-run clinic on Tuesday.