covid
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Judge tells construction contractors to explain why they can challenge Denver’s vaccine mandate
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Organizations representing Colorado’s construction industry contractors are challenging the City and County of Denver’s vaccine mandate for workers who provide services to the city, schools and hospitals. The trade organizations are claiming the policy will “create chaos” for construction across Denver, forcing anti-vaccine employees out of the workforce and delaying city projects. Consequently, they are…
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Judge suggests mediation in Denver jail lawsuit, while detainees allege insufficient COVID protocols
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A federal judge on Tuesday encouraged the City and County of Denver and lawyers for a group of detainees to hire a mediator, while at the same time indicating he would promptly consider any emergency requests in the proposed class action lawsuit alleging a failure to implement COVID-19 protocols in the Denver jail. U.S. District…
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Health officials brace for Omicron after suspected surge in Eagle County
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Eagle County reported more COVID-19 cases Monday than on any other day during the pandemic, and the average number of daily cases confirmed there has tripled in a week, local data show. It is “highly likely” that the surge is being caused by the omicron variant, the state health department said Monday. The county averaged about…
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COVER STORY | Elbert County joins a club no one should: Death of public servants from COVID
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Elbert County has become a microcosm of rural parts of Colorado that have resisted calls for vaccinations and are getting hammered by COVID-19 cases. As COVID-19 raged in Elbert County, Deputy Clay Livingston responded to an emergency call last month. The call would be among his last. Several days later, Livingston died of COVID-19, the virus…
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Governor’s office notes milestones in vaccination push
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This week Gov. Jared Polis reflected on the year since the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Colorado. Since then, more than 4 million Coloradans have taken the two vaccine. “Colorado’s mission to get the vaccine into our communities has kept our businesses and schools open and our economy on the path to recovery while other…
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Colorado surpasses 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
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Colorado has surpassed yet another grim milestone in the nearly two-year COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic: 10,000 deaths. As of Tuesday, the state counted 10,018 deaths due to the novel coronavirus. A surge of new cases in the past few months has led to higher daily COVID-19 deaths, pushing the number of lives lost past 9,000 less…
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Boulder likely has ‘low level’ omicron community transmission, state official says
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Boulder County likely has a low level of community transmission of the omicron variant, a state health official said Tuesday, despite having a confirmed case last week. Wastewater testing, part of the state’s overall detection and surveillance system, identified possible spread of the new variant, said Rachel Herlihy, the state’s epidemiologist. But she said wastewater…
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Polis says he is not ‘terribly alarmed’ by omicron variant during ABC appearance
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Gov. Jared Polis brushed off concerns about the omicron variant’s presence in Colorado during an appearance Sunday on ABC’s national news program “This Week.” Two omicron cases have been identified in Colorado, according to the state health department. The first case was confirmed Thursday in an Arapahoe County woman, followed by a Boulder County man…
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At least three metro counties to vote on mask orders Monday; Denver still ‘having conversations’
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Boards of health representing Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties will vote Monday on whether to require masks in indoor settings, as officials in Denver continue to discuss whether to implement their own orders. Public health officials in those three counties – including the board that will vote on the order in Jefferson County – have all called…
