San Miguel County, Telluride face shelter-in-place order
Source: The (Cortez) Journal
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the San Miguel Public Health Department has initiated a series of public health orders including a sheltering in place requirement in effect at midnight through at least April 3, according to a press release.
“We know just testing is not enough to fight this virus. If we invest in the short-term inconveniences of isolation and sheltering in place now, we will save lives,” said Grace Franklin, director for the San Miguel County Department of Public Health.
The order covers a wide range of activity, and violators are subject to criminal and civil charges.
San Miguel County has seen several critically ill residents requiring intensive hospitalization. In the past 48 hours, there have been multiple cases in children under 4 years of age in regional Emergency Departments with serious symptoms concerning for COVID-19.
The county will begin testing for the virus using blood tests, according to the county health department.
The county is partnering with United Biomedical and subsidiary c19 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be to be the first in the United States to test an entire county with UBI’s COVID-19 blood test. The testing is being offered free of charge by UBI and c19 and will be administered by the Public Health Department of San Miguel County, with the goal of detecting and containing community spread, and providing a more accurate assessment of disease prevalence.
Read more: https://the-journal.com/articles/171576-san-miguel-county-telluride-face-shelterinplace-order
Leave it to the Telluride Trustifarians to bring back Covid-19 from their European ski vacations.
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