Denver: COVID-19 vaccine required for all city employees, private-sector workers in high-risk settings
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) During a press conference Monday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced all city employees and private-sector workers in high-risk settings are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
According to 9News, this public health order applies to more than 10,000 employees, including police officers, firefighters, and sheriff s deputies.
The city provided a list of the following employees:
City Employees
Including DEN, DPL, boards and commissions, elected officials
High Risk Occupations
Employees have until September 30 to get fully vaccinated.
The public health order does not change the city and county s current regulations regarding masks. At this time, Denver Public Health & Environment strongly encourages masks for unvaccinated or immunocompromised people along with social distancing.
Sam s No. 3 received an early Christmas lump of coal from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment on December 10, in the form of a placard on the front door closing down the diner because of supposed violations of COVID-related outdoor seating. That seating was on a temporary enclosed patio that the restaurant says was adequately ventilated but the city disagreed after seeing customers dining at two tables in the area.
The closure didn t last long, though. Sam Armatas, co-owner and grandson of the Sam Armatas who opened the original Sam s No. 3 in 1927, says he has been working with the health department all day to come to an agreement that would allow his restaurant to reopen. And the department listened; here s the statement they sent us at 3:19 p.m. December 11: