{"id":2455811,"date":"2020-03-15T15:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=322682"},"modified":"2020-03-15T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:59:44","slug":"state-those-who-live-visited-colorado-counties-with-coronavirus-should-minimize-their-contact-with-other-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/state-those-who-live-visited-colorado-counties-with-coronavirus-should-minimize-their-contact-with-other-people\/","title":{"rendered":"State: Those who live, visited Colorado counties with coronavirus should \u2018minimize their contact with other people\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-1024x697.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-1536x1045.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/coronanumbers-atd-031320-3-1-2048x1394.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Health care providers perform a real-time test for Coronavirus on patients with appointments outside of the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department\u2019s Aspen Village Location on Thursday, March 12, 2020. The testing location is for patients with appointments scheduled through the Pitkin County Coronavirus Hotline. <\/strong><br \/><em>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Sunday issued a statement asking residents and visitors of four mountain communities, including Summit County, to \u201cminimize their contact with other people\u201d in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who has been in Eagle, Summit, Pitkin or Gunnison counties in the past week should minimize all contact with other people, whether or not they are experiencing symptoms,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are experiencing symptoms \u2014 including a cough, fever and shortness of breath \u2014 must be isolated for at least 7-10 days after the onset of symptoms, according to the release. People who are ill should only leave isolation after their symptoms improve and they don\u2019t have a fever for 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Pitkin County residents and visitors are asked to do the following, whether or not they are experiencing symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work from home, if possible;<\/li>\n<li>Only go out for necessities, such as the grocery store and pharmacy;<\/li>\n<li>Maintain distance of 6 feet from others;<\/li>\n<li>Travel only in a private vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As of Sunday afternoon, Pitkin County had 13 of the state\u2019s 131 positives cases. Health officials expect the outbreak to continue to grow rapidly, saying Friday that it is \u201cjust a matter of time before we confirm that there is community spread just as we are seeing in other communities across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Intervention efforts to limit the spread of the virus have increased on a daily basis, originally starting with a recommendation from the governor on Wednesday for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-gov-polis-older-people-those-with-health-issues-should-not-travel-to-mountain-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">people 60 and older, or with underlying health conditions, to avoid traveling to the High Country<\/a>, where localized outbreaks in Eagle and Pitkin counties threatened to overwhelm health care services in those communities.<\/p>\n<p>The statement appeared to blindside the ski industry, and resorts across the state sent messages to their customers committing to stay open during the busy spring break period.<\/p>\n<p>Things changed quickly Saturday afternoon, when Vail Resorts announced it would close its mountains across North America. Alterra Mountain Co. and independently owned ski areas quickly followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Polis issued an executive order&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-suspending-operations-sunday-through-march-22\/\">directing the state\u2019s nearly 30 ski areas to close for at least one week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a written statement, Polis called the decision \u201cagonizing\u201d and said he would \u201ctake solace in knowing that \u2026 we will be saving the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands of Coloradans in the days and weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/state-those-who-live-visited-colorado-counties-with-coronavirus-should-minimize-their-contact-with-other-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health care providers perform a real-time test for Coronavirus on patients with appointments outside of the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department\u2019s Aspen Village Location on Thursday, March 12, 2020. The testing location is for patients with appointments scheduled through the Pitkin County Coronavirus Hotline. Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 10:28:04","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}