Ouray County Emergency Medical Services Chief Paramedic Kim Mitchell receives the first COVID-19 vaccine administered in the county outside the Ouray County Public Health Agency building. The first io of 100 doses allocated were given on Wednesday, with first priority given to health care workers and first responders. Erin McIntyreâOuray County Plaindealer
Covid
SHOT OF HOPE
After months of anticipation, Ouray County paramedics received the first COVID-19 vaccines in the county Wednesday, the first step toward a long-awaited return to normalcy.
Kim Mitchell, Ouray County Emergency Medical Services chief paramedic, was the first to be inoculated against the virus, pulling off her jacket and rolling up her sleeve to receive the shot as snow fell in the parking lot in front of the Ouray County Public Health Agency.
As they received the shots, the first responders were qu...
