{"id":42686,"date":"2022-01-17T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mobile-vaccination-bus-will-make-stops-in-three-sw-colorado-counties\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:08:41","slug":"mobile-vaccination-bus-will-make-stops-in-three-sw-colorado-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mobile-vaccination-bus-will-make-stops-in-three-sw-colorado-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile vaccination bus will make stops in three SW Colorado counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4bd9c9d1-3a55-539b-8adc-a8e3a40640aa&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" alt=\"Colorado's mobile COVID-19 vaccination bus is visiting area towns this week. (Journal file photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Colorado's mobile COVID-19 vaccination bus is visiting area towns this week. (Journal file photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s mobile COVID-19 vaccination bus will be in Cortez, Dolores, Dove Creek, Durango and Bayfield this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilevax.us\/southwest?fbclid=IwAR3kRceAz5BE5pZ57e72dPK7a-mpT6RK9G2Ct0j_bJE_A23CijF2wND_hLU\" id=\"link-d4cfbcff262c389bd9963cd1e3030989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile Vax<\/a>, free vaccines will be available:<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-x-im-unordered-list\">Jan. 19 in Durango at the public library parking lot on East 3rd Avenue and East 20th Street from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.Jan. 20 in Cortez at the Pinon Project, 210 E. Main St. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/div>\n<div class=\"naviga-element naviga-x-im-unordered-list\">Jan. 21 in Dolores at Joe Rowell Park, 18005 Colorado Highway 145, from 9 a.m. to noon.Jan. 21 in Dove Creek at the Old Sun Dial, 315 U.S. Highway 491, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Jan. 22 in Bayfield at the Upper Pine River Fire administration building, 515 Sower Drive, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/div>\n<p>The mobile vaccination service is part of the state\u2019s effort to provide convenient, free vaccinations. Gov. Jared Polis announced the launch of the Western Slope service in April 2021.<\/p>\n\n<p>Appointments are suggested, but walk-ins are welcome. Photo ID and insurance are not required. Recipients will receive a proof of vaccination card.<\/p>\n<p>Because of storage and handling constraints, the mobile vaccine bus will offer a limited number of vaccines each day on each mobile unit.<\/p>\n<p>Users a you have a preference to receive a certain vaccine, or are between the ages of 5-17, it is highly recommend reserving an appointment slot in advance of your visit. Walk up doses will be available on a case by case basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease keep in mind all approved COVID-19 vaccines are equally effective at preventing serious illness,\u201d states the mobile vaccination website. \u201cNo town is too big or too small for us to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, and to book an appointment visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilevax.us\/\" id=\"link-12bc9ea5f15ab3a934c178772239c4e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mobilevax.us\/southwest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>free, and no ID or insurance required<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,21,28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-42686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85422,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42686\/revisions\/85422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42686"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=42686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}