{"id":2456737,"date":"2020-04-03T14:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323784"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:34:39","slug":"colorado-governor-asks-residents-to-wear-non-medical-masks-when-they-venture-out-of-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-governor-asks-residents-to-wear-non-medical-masks-when-they-venture-out-of-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado governor asks residents to wear non-medical masks when they venture out of house"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Jared Polis on Friday asked all Coloradans to begin wearing masks when they leave home to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Polis said at a news conference at the state\u2019s Emergency Operations Center that people should wash their masks after every trip out of their homes. He said people should use cloth-based, non-medical masks.<\/p>\n

He encouraged people to make them out of items in their homes, including old T-shirts and scarves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really going to be, for the foreseeable future, an important part of our culture in Colorado,\u201d he said, putting on a mask of his own. \u201cGet out those old T-shirts. Get it out of the bottom of your drawer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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