Summit County officials are cautioning people to avoid parties and gatherings on Super Bowl Sunday, which is Feb. 7. In a news release, Summit County Public Health Director Amy Wineland said the safest way for.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, Colorado once again will see changes to the COVID-19 dial, the state’s tool for determining restrictions on the county level.
At a news conference Friday, Feb. 5, Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan announced the new dial, which aims to provide a swifter transition between levels. In Summit County, little will change as a result of the new dial, as the county will remain in level orange.
“While this is still a time for caution, these metrics better reflect where we are in the pandemic today, what we’ve learned over the last several months in using the dial and the balance we are trying to strike between disease suppression and economic hardships that restrictions can cause,” Ryan said.
Ohio native stuck here because she canât get COVID-19 shot to return home to the Sunshine State
Former Ohio native stuck in Ohio because she canât get COVID 19 shot to return home to the sunshine By Harry Boomer | February 4, 2021 at 9:52 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 10:48 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -âIâve been a resident of Florida for 35 years. I used to live here in Ohio.â
Eugenia Seidel feels trapped in Northeast Ohio because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 73-year-old has been living here since last February.
âIt started a year ago on Valentineâs Day.â
Right around then, the warnings started trickling in about COVID-19.
Cyndee Durand, a volunteer for Summit County Public Health, fills vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the county s vaccine distribution drive-thru on Thursday, Jan. 14. County officials say they’re ready to vaccinate educators and people who are age 65 or older.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect comments from Summit School District spokesperson Mikki Grebetz.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced on Friday, Jan. 29, that pre-K through 12th grade educators and people who are at least 65 years old will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Feb. 8.
Until Feb. 8, the state will continue vaccinating the currently eligible group people who are 70 years and older, health care workers and first responders. Although 90% of health care workers have been vaccinated, the state still hasn’t reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of the 70-and-older population.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Each flu season is different, but this year is unusually quiet with only 18 hospitalizations in Colorado due to influenza. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting record-low numbers of.