Colorado governor signs executive order making all adults eligible for COVID booster shot

Governor Jared Polis has signed an executive order declaring Colorado a high-risk COVID state and making every Coloradan who is 18 or older eligible for a booster shot.  The move defies guidance by the FDA and CDC, which last month authorized that only seniors and other higher-risk adults were eligible for booster shots.

COVID cases are increasing again in Colorado and many parts of the U.S., raising fears of another difficult winter. 

At least 35 states have seen daily COVID cases trend upward over the past two weeks, according to Johns Hopkins University.