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Basalt resident Anabel Meza recently got her vaccine at an afterwork clinic inside Carbondale’s Fire House. Meza found out about the Garfield County Public Health pop-up from a post on local Spanish radio station La Tricolor’s Facebook page. “It s exciting, it gives a lot of relief for a lot of us that are willing to do it,” Meza said.
For many local residents, getting a COVID-19 vaccine is now pretty easy you can get it anywhere from City Market to your local school. Nationally, the Biden administration set a goal of getting 70% of adults vaccinated with at least their first dose by July 4th. In Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties, over 50% of adults have had at least one shot.
GarCo reports norovirus outbreak
Garfield County Public Health and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are investigating a string of gastroenteritis illnesses, Garfield Health announced in a news release.
About 30 people have shown signs consistent with norovirus, which is a common cause of gastroenteritis, the release said. Anyone experiencing symptoms should not prepare food for others and avoid contact with others for 48 hours or until symptoms subside.
âThis outbreak appears to be primarily in the Carbondale area right now, but the Roaring Fork Valley is a tight-knit community and norovirus is very easy to spread, so it is possible that we could see other cases pop up,â Rachel Kappler, a nurse with Garfield Health, said in the news release. âNorovirus is very common. It takes only a few viral particles to make a person sick and doesnât die off surfaces without the use of bleach. Norovirus is always around and commonly called the stomach
The town of Carbondale Board of Trustees approved a motion on Tuesday to rescind the town’s local mask order in light of the recent guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and State of…
The coronavirus pandemic is no longer considered an emergency in Garfield County, and things continue to return to some semblance of normal based on recent case trends and the local vaccination rate.
Garfield County commissioners on Monday rescinded the public health emergency declaration that was put in place over a year ago, on March 16, 2020, soon after COVID-19 first appeared in Colorado.
Doing so won’t negatively impact the county in terms of relief funds eligibility or other assistance, Garfield County Public Health Director Yvonne Long said during her monthly COVID-19 update to the commissioners.
“This allows us to move into a period of normalcy here in Garfield County,” Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said.