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USDA Implements Immediate Measures to Help Rural Residents, Businesses and Communities Affected by COVID-19

USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities.

Colorado Delegation Calls on Federal Health Agency to Grant Colorado More Flexibility to Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic

Delegation Letter Supports State of Colorado’s Application for 1135 Waiver from HHS  

State health department begins to distribute resources from Strategic National Stockpile

The Colorado State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) are now shipping supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile across Colorado to help communities respond to COVID-19. 

State health department calls on people, especially those who think they might have the illness, to self-isolate

Close contacts of sick people should self-quarantine   DENVER, March 19, 2020: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is urging self-isolation or self-quarantine for Coloradans and visitorsRead More

State health department pursues strategic approach to testing in face of widespread COVID-19 transmission in Colorado

DENVER, March 18, 2020: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is pursuing a strategic approach to testing in the state to steward our state and country’s scarceRead More

State Labor Department Updates on Unemployment Claims, Worker Resources

Denver — Today the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) provided updates on the impact of the Coronavirus on unemployment claims and demand for services. Just as all laborRead More

CDPHE confirms 29 additional new positive cases in Colorado

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) confirmed 29 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Colorado

CDPHE confirms 5 additional new presumptive positive cases in Colorado

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) confirmed five new presumptive positive cases in Colorado

CDPHE reopens drive-up testing site at the Denver Coliseum Saturday with support from the National Guard

DENVER, March 13, 2020: CDPHE will reopen its drive-up testing site in Denver tomorrow, Saturday, March 14, in a new location at the Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St, Denver, CO,Read More

Arapahoe County issues emergency declaration to manage COVID-19 response

Arapahoe County today issued a local emergency proclamation to unlock resources, organize county response strategies and provide additional assistance for municipalities that are dealing with COVID-19, the coronavirus.
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