COVID-19 Corona Virus - How You Can Prepare

Since extending the state Stay-At-Home order, we have received a number of inquiries and feedback from our community. Know that we have heard you and greatly appreciate your feedback. Please see this letter from our Executive Director, Dr. Mark B. Johnson, for some answers to common questions: bit.ly/2VGHOPZ

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We've now surpassed 1 million confirmed cases in the U.S., and 57,812 deaths, the most of any country in the world.

Park County Board of Health Order 20-02 Adopted On April 30th

The Park County Board of Health adopted Rescinding Park County Board of Health Order 20-01, Issuing Park County Board of Health Order 20-02 Standing Public Health Order Closing All Short-Term Rentals And Incorporating Safer-At Home Order (PDF). This order is effective until June 4, 2020. For questions please call 719-836-4219.

Colorado schools should prepare for possibility of not reopening in the fall, Polis tells superintendents
By Debbie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Colorado Politics | Apr 22, 2020

Press release
Inslee announces Colorado & Nevada will join Washington, Oregon & California in Western States Pact

April 27, 2020
Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak are joining Washington, Oregon and California in the Western States Pact -- a working group of Western state governors with a shared vision for modifying stay at home orders and fighting COVID-19.

"In Washington state, our decisions are guided by public health data and science and this is a principle we share up and down the West Coast. Governor Polis and Governor Sisolak are taking that approach as well, and the addition of their states will strengthen this regional partnership and save lives," Inslee said. 

“Coloradans are working together to slow the spread of COVID-19 and have important information to share with and to gain from other states. I’m thrilled Colorado is joining the Western States Pact," Gov. Jared Polis said. "There’s no silver bullet that will solve this pandemic until there is a cure so we must have a multifaceted and bold approach in order to slow the spread of the virus, keep our people safe and help our economy rebound.”

“I’m honored to have the state of Nevada join the Western States Pact and believe the sharing of critical information and best practices on how to mitigate the spread, protect the health and safety of our residents, and reopen responsibly will be invaluable as we chart our paths forward,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said. “Millions of visitors from our fellow Western states travel to Nevada every year as a premier tourism destination and this partnership will be vital to our immediate recovery and long-term economic comeback.”  

Earlier this month, Inslee, along with California Governor Gavin Newsom and Oregon Governor Kate Brown, announced they would be working together under a shared vision for gradually modifying their state’s stay at home orders and fighting COVID-19.

They listed three shared principles as foundational to the agreement:
1. Our residents’ health comes first. As home to nearly one in five Americans and gateway to the rest of the world, the West Coast has an outsized stake in controlling and ultimately defeating COVID-19.

2. Health outcomes and science – not politics – will guide these decisions. Modifications to our states’ stay at home orders must be made based off our understanding of the total health impacts of COVID-19, including: the direct impact of the disease on our communities; the health impact of measures introduced to control the spread in communities—particularly felt by those already experiencing social disadvantage prior to COVID-19; and our health care systems’ ability to ensure care for those who may become sick with COVID-19 and other conditions. This effort will be guided by data. We need to see a decline in the rate of spread of the virus before large-scale reopening, and we will be working in coordination to identify the best metrics to guide this.

3. Our states will only be effective by working together. Each state will work with its local leaders and communities within its borders to understand what’s happening on the ground and adhere to our agreed upon approach.

As part of the Western States Pact, the governors commit to working together toward the following four goals: 
- Protecting vulnerable populations at risk for severe disease if infected. This includes a concerted effort to prevent and fight outbreaks in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

- Ensuring an ability to care for those who may become sick with COVID-19 and other conditions. This will require adequate hospital surge capacity and supplies of personal protective equipment.

- Mitigating the non-direct COVID-19 health impacts, particularly on disadvantaged communities.

- Protecting the general public by ensuring any successful lifting of interventions includes the development of a system for testing, tracking and isolating. The states will work together to share best practices.

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https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-announces-colorado-nevada-will-join-washington-oregon-california-western-states

Governor Polis's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9OxTXxC5bYP4hVXqZrlCQ
Today's live-streamed briefing: www.facebook.com/53481427529/videos/232040354729444/

April 27th briefing:


April 29th briefing:


Testing sites are opening up around the state, you will find their locations on a map on the state's COVID-19 resource page covid19.colorado.gov/

Beginning May 9, Jeffco will follow the state’s Safer-at-Home order. Under the
state’s Safer-at-Home order, residents are no longer ordered to stay
home, but are strongly advised to stay at home. Critical businesses are
open and many non-critical businesses are operating with restrictions.
Read more at www.Jeffco.us/safer-at-home

- GUIDANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY (Everyone must take these actions):

• Stay home as much as possible, leaving only for a limited number of specific activities.
• When you go out, follow physical distancing requirements (6 feet of space between yourself and others) and wear a non-medical face covering.
• Vulnerable people at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19, such as older adults, should continue to follow Stay-at-Home guidance, which means only leaving home for medical care and essential activities.
• Do not go to work if you are sick.
• People who have COVID-19 symptoms must isolate unless they have a negative test result. As the state works to build up testing capacity, self-isolating when you are ill is the best course of action.
• Practice good hygiene. Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, and don’t touch your face.
• Only essential travel in- or out-of-state is permitted.

- GUIDANCE FOR BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS

Check out our Safer-At-Home page, www.Jeffco.us/safer-at-home , for industry-specific guidance related to your business. It is expected that all businesses follow all applicable guidance provided by
JCPH and CDPHE.