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With demand for vaccines declining across the state, community groups and government leaders alike are scrambling to keep interest alive, especially among Colorado鈥檚 Latino population.

The vaccination drive kicks off the state鈥檚 next vaccination phase, which includes grocery and agricultural workers, people over 60 and anyone with two or more pre-existing conditions that put them at higher risk for COVID-19 complications. Around 2,545 workers were vaccinated at the JBS Greeley plant by 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Kicking off Colorado鈥檚 vaccine phase 1B.3, workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley will finally have an opportunity to get their shots during a two-day mass vaccination clinic at the plant next week.

The Latino Coalition of Weld County is organizing the March 14 event with help from the Hispanic Women of Weld County, Latinos Unidos of Greeley and the Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado, among others.

For nearly 40 years, the Weld County Triceratops 鈥� affectionately known as 鈥淧ops鈥� 鈥� has been stuck in an awkward spot for a fossil of its stature. A dinosaur for the people, Pops has been a very public figure, on display behind glass in various county buildings. Yet the most complete horned dinosaur skull ever found in Colorado had never been thoroughly examined by paleontologists, essentially lost to science. Thanks to a new agreement between Weld County leadership and researchers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, that has now changed.

Los fundadores de Mosaic Church, Angel y Diane Flores, tuvieron que navegar a trav茅s de las pautas locales de salud p煤blica COVID-19 para mantener su ministerio y mantener a los feligreses seguros durante la pandemia.

Estos 'promotores' 鈥� enlaces comunitarios de salud 鈥� educan a los residentes latinos, en su mayor铆a trabajadores migrantes de habla hispana, sobre COVID-19.

脷ltimamente, las conversaciones durante la cena familiar en la casa de Erika C谩rdenas se centran en c贸mo todos se enfermaron con COVID-19.

Weld County leaders have not enforced state health guidelines 鈥� instead, they've encouraged personal responsibility to curb the spread of the coronavirus. KUNC's Stephanie Daniel reports on what one Hispanic-led church is doing to keep the doors open and their congregation safe.

Some of the reasons why Latinos in Weld County are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 have to do with work-related risks. Another factor is communication barriers that have kept people from getting information about the virus 鈥� particularly undocumented, Spanish-speaking Latinos. KUNC's Leigh Paterson reports on the messengers who are working to bridge that gap.