COVID-19 vaccines are now available without a doctor’s prescription at pharmacies around Denver and Colorado.

“Anybody that wants to come in — and it’s been at least two months since your previous COVID vaccine — … we’re welcome to help them,” said Dr. Kristin Holmes, owner of Capitol Heights Pharmacy in Congress Park.

Walgreens and CVS are similarly offering vaccine appointments without any need for a prescription, and Kaiser Permanente plans to open its walk-in vaccination clinics later this month. Doctors’ offices are also administering the shot.

It’s a significant change from just a couple weeks ago, when new federal rules created chaos — limiting eligibility for vaccines and requiring prescriptions for many patients to get them. Pharmacies in some states said they either couldn’t o

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