First COVID-19 vaccine shipments to arrive in Colorado Monday

COLORADO (KRDO) -- Colorado will receive its first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, according to a statement from Governor Jared Polis' office.

The Governor is expected to be on hand while the first Coloradans receive the vaccine in the afternoon.

Healthcare workers, seniors and first responders will be among the first to be vaccinated in the state and across the country.

Distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination to the public will be administered in three stages, with the initial “Phase 1A” beginning on Monday for frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facility staff and residents. and concluding with “Phase 3”, expected to begin in the summer of 2021. 

Colorado expects just over 46,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, then about 95,000 doses from Moderna shortly after. It's unclear whether all of the Pfizer doses will arrive in the first shipment.

For more information about the vaccine and the planned distribution, you can follow this link to the CDPHE website.