{"id":21872,"date":"2020-03-15T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T16:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63793"},"modified":"2020-03-15T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T16:24:43","slug":"grand-county-declares-local-disaster-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/grand-county-declares-local-disaster-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand County declares local disaster emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/08\/Breaking-News-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/08\/Breaking-News-1-1.jpg 708w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/08\/Breaking-News-1-1-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/08\/Breaking-News-1-1-325x191.jpg 325w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/08\/Breaking-News-1-1-620x365.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Board of County Commissioners signed a resolution Saturday night placing the county in a local disaster emergency in response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday morning, Grand County did not have any confirmed cases, but has reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-visitor-later-tested-positive-for-covid-19-public-health-investigating\/?fbclid=IwAR0NBnm8VVkU73NwS0W5Kv0Zf9EzH-JtRtI9nFv_uY8Hwnqu5zCpCDvt7cc\">a visitor to the area contracted COVID-19<\/a>, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>However, county officials expect that won\u2019t last much longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic health experts anticipate that, due to the contagiousness of the illness and the fact that numerous travelers from around the world visit the county, Grand County expects to see cases of the virus and its transmission in the community soon,\u201d said County Manager Kate McIntire in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Declaring a local disaster emergency allows the county to active response and recovery aspects of the county\u2019s emergency plans and authorize aid and assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration also comes with the announcement that Grand Fire Chief Brad White will be the incident commander for the COVID-19 Incident Management team.<\/p>\n<p>The county\u2019s COVID-19 hotline can be reached at 970-725-3755.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-declares-local-disaster-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of County Commissioners signed a resolution Saturday night placing the county in a local disaster emergency in response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. As of Sunday morning, Grand County did not have any confirmed cases, but has reported a visitor to the area contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. 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