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As COVID cases tick up, vaccines arrive soon in Colorado

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14min 55sec
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Medical assistant Yasmin Tellez vaccinates Maria Chacon at Globeville’s Clinica Tepeyac early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to state health data, wastewater samples from across Colorado indicate there's been a "steady increase" in COVID-19 infections. As fall approaches, new vaccines have been approved for the coronovirus and for the flu. We speak with Dr. Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, a family phyisician in Aurora about when to expect the vaccines in Colorado as well as current prevention recommendations from the CDC and recent revelations about long COVID.