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Some students and staff of schools and hospitals can stay at work or in the classroom following positive COVID test.

Most Summit County residents were concerned about the coronavirus pandemic when they went to bed the night of Thursday, March 12, 2020. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county had been announced a day earlier, prompting both Summit County and Park City to declare local states of emergency. Yet it was not until the following 72 hours unfolded that most of us understood the enormity of the situation. The governor ordered the closure of public schools on Friday. A day later, officials detailed the first case of community spread in the county — and in Utah — and the ski resorts mad...

Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan After the COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru event Saturday, Feb. 27, Summit County officials expect to have vaccinated nearly all of the local educator population. While public health officials played a role in getting that effort off the ground, the Summit Community Care Clinic was the major provider for the county’s educators and child care workers. The nonprofit already operates four school-based health clinics across Summit School District. That partnership meant it was easy for the clinic to volunteer to be the district’s provider for vaccines, Care Clinic...