The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has developed a phased approach to distributing the vaccine to Coloradans. Below are the phases for distribution:
Phase 1A:
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People who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. Long-term care facility staff and residents.
Phase 1B.1:
Coloradans age 70+, moderate-risk health care workers, first responders:
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Health care workers with less direct contact with COVID-19 patients (e.g. home health, hospice, pharmacy, dental, etc.) and EMS.
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Firefighters, police, COVID-19 response personnel, correctional workers, and funeral services.
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People age 70 and older.
Phase 1B.2:
Coloradans ages 65-69, pre-K-12 educators and child care workers in licensed child care programs, and continuity of state government:
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Child care workers in licensed child care programs, teachers (full-time and substitutes), bus, food, counselors, administrative, safety and other support
services offered inside the school.
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Members of the Executive and Judicial branches of state government.
*note: members of the legislative branch have
already received access to the vaccine
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People ages 65-69
Phase 1B.3:
Frontline essential workers and people age 16-64 with two or more high risk conditions:
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Frontline essential workers in food and agriculture, manufacturing, U.S.postal service, public transit and specialized transportation staff, grocery, public health, frontline essential human service workers, faith leaders, and direct care providers for Coloradans experiencing homelessness and essential frontline journalists.
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People 16-64 with 2 or more high risk conditions as listed: Coloradans with cancer (defined as patients who are currently receiving treatment or have received treatment within the last month for cancer), chronic kidney disease, COPD, diabetes mellitus, Down syndrome, specific heart conditions (heart failure, cardiomyopathies or coronary heart disease, and severe valvular/congenital heart disease), obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m^2), pregnancy, sickle cell disease, solid organ transplant and people with disabilities that prevent them from wearing masks.
Phase 2:
People age 60-64, people with high risk conditions, and the continuation of operations for state government and continuity of local government:
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People age 60-64.
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People 16-59 with 1 high risk condition as listed: Coloradans with cancer (defined as patients who are currently receiving treatment or have received treatment within the last month for cancer), chronic kidney disease, COPD,
diabetes mellitus, Down syndrome, specific heart conditions (heart failure, cardiomyopathies or coronary heart disease, and severe valvular/congenital heart disease), obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m^2), pregnancy, sickle cell disease, solid organ transplant. People with disabilities that prevent them from wearing masks.
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Local continuity of local government defined as executives of those branches of government and a limited amount of essential support staff needed to provide for continuity of government.
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Continuation of operations for state government is defined as those individuals defined by continuity of operations plans that each agency holds to continue to provide services.
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Adults who received a placebo during a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.
Phase 3:
The general public: