Pueblo County recently issued the following announcement.
Health Department Provides Printable Resource Guides
The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment has a number of resource guides for individuals, employees, and employers. Flyers, fact sheets, and printable resources regarding the variances, guidance for specific businesses, and operations. Among the printable resources are a health screening log for employers, flyers for food facilities, isolation and quarantine guidelines, and hygiene, and proper handwashing procedures. Several of the flyers are also available in Spanish.
New Law Provides Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave for All Colorado Employees
Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday that establishes a new law “Healthy Families and Workplaces Act”, which requires employers to provide paid sick leave to employees under various circumstances. All employers in Colorado will provide up to 48 hours of paid sick leave for employees to take for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The law also outlines provisions for paid sick leave accruals and how employees may use the paid accrued sick leave.
Mask Up Pueblo Campaign Kicks Off
The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment has launched a new social media campaign designed to highlight why community leaders and the general public are wearing a mask. All individuals wearing a mask are encouraged to share a picture of themselves with their mask and a short message about why they are wearing a mask. The photos will be featured on the PDPHE Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #MaskUpPueblo. View the first post on Facebook here. Submit photos and captions to sarah.joseph@pueblocounty.us.
New Qualifications added for Pueblo County’s Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site
Update: Individuals five years and older and those with functional needs, including adults may be tested by a caregiver or adult at Pueblo’s Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site.
Pueblo County’s free COVID-19 drive-thru testing at the Colorado State Fairgrounds continues every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday beginning at 9 a.m. There is no limit to the number of people who can be tested per day.
Currently, the following individuals can be tested for COVID-19 at Pueblo’s COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing:
- Any individual who is symptomatic (symptoms include body aches, loss of sense of taste or smell, cough, difficulty breathing, fever over 100.4 degrees, chills, headache, sore throat, and muscle pain
- Anyone over the age of 65 (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
- African American, Latino, American Indian Tribes (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
- Anyone who had contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19
- Health care workers and first responders (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
- A resident of a long-term care facility or anyone experiencing homelessness
- Attended a large gathering or protest
Outbreak Updates
Public health officials from the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment announced three community COVID-19 outbreaks in Pueblo County. The Desert Hawk Golf Course in Pueblo West, Pueblo Youth Services Center the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) have reported outbreaks.
According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, an outbreak in a facility is defined as two or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 during a 14-day period.
To date, Desert Hawk has two employees who tested positive for COVID-19 and the community has been notified of possible exposure for anyone who was at the golf course from June 29 through July 3.
Pueblo Youth Services Center, 1406 W. 17th St., has four clients who have tested positive for COVID-19. PCAPP, located at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, has five staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Pueblo County has had nine outbreaks, four are resolved and five are active.
Pueblo’s COVID-19 Case Updates
Public health officials from the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment announced 45 new positive COVID-19 cases in Pueblo County since Wednesday, July 8. The positives cases are a 16-year-old female, 21-year-old female, 21-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 28-year-old female, 29-year-old female, 30-year-old female, 31-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 36-year-old female, 37-year-old female, 40-year-old female, 41-year-old female, 41-year-old female, 45-year-old female, 45-year-old female, 50-year-old female, 51-year-old female, 52-year-old female, 53-year-old female, 54-year-old female, 58-year-old female, 58-year-old female, 66-year-old female, 67-year-old female, 79-year-old female, 14-year-old male, 15-year-old male, 16-year-old male, 23-year-old male, 24-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 26-year-old male, 27-year-old male, 29-year-old male, 31-year-old male, 34-year-old male, 39-year-old male, 42-year-old, 43-year-old male, 46-year-old male, 49-year-old male, 61-year-old male, 71-year-old male and a 93-year-old male. Pueblo County has a total of 461 confirmed positive and probable* cases among Pueblo County residents. The total number of people testing, 10,641 is not reflective of everyone testing negative in Pueblo County.
Confirmed and probable cases have been combined to align with state and national data. However, the COVID-19 Status Update chart will continue to show probable cases.
As cases continue to be investigated, the data in this update is subject to change.
*A probable case meets the clinical criteria and epidemiological evidence, yet it has not been laboratory confirmed with a test. The
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is now reporting probable cases across the state.
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