Manitou Springs School District 14 will host a vaccine clinic 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the SILC Building Mustang Plaza, 405 El Monte Place.
Although it will focus on students 12 and older, parents and District 14 staffers, community members are welcome as well. Clients can choose between Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
The state of Colorado and Walmart are giving a $100 gift card to everyone vaccinated at the clinic.
Both pre-registration and walk-in appointments are available; go to www.comassvax.org// appointment/en/reg/5669510921.
Last week, Gov. Jared Polis announced incentives for students to get tested via the state’s free, voluntary statewide COVID-19 testing program in schools through the Colorado Depart- ment of Public Health and Environment.
All students in participating schools whose parents have opted into COVID testing are eligible
to receive gift cards of $25 for the first test and $10 for each subsequent test.
Additionally, any school that participates in the program will receive $2.50 per test administered and reported to CDPHE as a reimbursement for the testing administrative costs. The program is available to all Colorado K-12 schools, and all students and staff can participate regardless of vaccination status or presence of symptoms.
According to the El Paso County Public Health Department, 953 people have died in the county between March 1, 2020, and Sept. 7, 2021.
The 80- to 89-year-old age group continues to be the most vulnerable, with 291 deaths. That is 33 percent of the total deaths, although they are 2.4 percent of the county’s population.
As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 80829 ZIP code had seen 426 cases, an increase of two cases since Sept. 1. A total of 6,267 tests have been adminis- tered to local residents.