{"id":807703,"date":"2020-05-21T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383728"},"modified":"2020-05-21T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:48:30","slug":"summit-county-reports-covid-19-outbreak-at-downstairs-at-erics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-reports-covid-19-outbreak-at-downstairs-at-erics\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County reports COVID-19 outbreak at Downstair\u2019s at Eric\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.917829457364\">\n<p>Another outbreak of the novel coronavirus has hit Summit County, this time at the Downstairs at Eric\u2019s restaurant in Breckenridge, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summitcountyco.gov\/civicalerts.aspx?AID=611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release from the county<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four employees tested positive for the virus, and the restaurant has voluntarily closed for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Wineland, county public health director, said in the release that the outbreak is \u201cnot surprising.\u201d Wineland and other public health officials have maintained that outbreaks are an expected outcome of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This outbreak is the third in the county and second in Breckenridge. On April 29, the county announced an initial outbreak of eight cases at City Market in Breckenridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-city-market-outbreak-grows-to-18-as-some-employees-worry-about-going-to-work\/\">which has since grown to 18<\/a>. The county also announced Monday an outbreak of three cases at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/covid-19-outbreak-reported-at-silverthorne-lowes\/\">Lowe\u2019s in Silverthorne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the county\u2019s stay-at-home public health order requires restaurants to be closed for dine-in services, they are allowed to offer curbside pickup, takeout and delivery. Customers who order takeout from the restaurant should not be worried about being exposed to the virus because it does not transfer through food, health officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the sick individuals had socialized together during the week of May 10, according to the release. The four employees who tested positive developed symptoms of the virus from May 11-18. The first test result was confirmed Monday, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Wineland praised Downstairs at Eric\u2019s owner Eric Mamula in the news release, saying the restaurant has been \u201ctransparent, vigilant and responsive\u201d in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The county\u2019s public health surveillance team has been doing interviews to determine close contacts of the workers who tested positive. The four workers with the virus are self-isolating, and all close contacts are in quarantine. Public health is also reviewing protocols for sanitation and cleaning so the restaurant can reopen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.256871035941\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 sd-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.085106382979\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your financial support is critical to help us keep our communities informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on our residents and businesses. 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Amy Wineland, county public health director, said in the release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 11:05:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}