Does Colorado still have stay at home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Does Colorado still have stay at home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Colorado is under a Safer-at-Home order. While many businesses and activities are now able to open with safety precautions in place, we still recommend that you stay home as much as possible in order to keep the transmission of this virus low in our communities.
Does COVID-19 stay in the air?
The current evidence shows that some COVID-19 infections occur when a person is exposed to small droplets and particles that stay in the air for minutes to hours after an infected person has left a space.
Can food and drinking water be contaminated with COVID-19?
Generally speaking, food is not contaminated with coronaviruses, and cooking would kill any virus in the food.
What is the dominant COVID-19 variant in Colorado?
The CDC says Colorado is among the states with the highest proportion of the highly contagious delta variant.
What are the limitations on site-specific variances per Colorado’s COVID-19 regulations?
See full answerCDPHE will not grant any variances that:
- Seek a higher capacity than 50%.
- Seek to be removed from the requirements of the state’s orders generally.
- Reduce or eliminate protections for people at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, as defined in state’s orders. These groups are specifically protected by the state’s orders.
- Seek variances for Public Health Order 20-29: Voluntary and Elective Surgeries and Procedures or PHO 20-20: Restricting Visitors at all Colorado Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Residences, and Intermediate Care Facilities.
- Seek variances from the mask order.
Do the guidelines outlined on the Colorado government website apply to all COVID-19 dial levels?
Yes, all of the best practices recommended in sector guidance still apply to counties in Level Blue: Cautious, Level Yellow: Concern, and Level Orange: High Risk, as well as Level Green. However, the capacity percentages and caps adjust according to whatever dial level the county is currently in. Learn more about how capacity caps differ based on dial level.
How long can COVID-19 linger in the air?
The smallest very fine droplets, and aerosol particles formed when these fine droplets rapidly dry, are small enough that they can remain suspended in the air for minutes to hours.
How long can COVID-19 stay airborne?
Transmission of COVID-19 from inhalation of virus in the air can occur at distances greater than six feet. Particles from an infected person can move throughout an entire room or indoor space. The particles can also linger in the air after a person has left the room – they can remain airborne for hours in some cases.
Can COVID-19 be transmitted through food or food packaging?
Given that the number of virus particles that could be theoretically picked up by touching a surface would be very small and the amount needed for infection via oral inhalation would be very high, the chances of infection by touching the surface of food packaging or eating food is considered to be extremely low.The USDA and the FDA are sharing this update based upon the best available information from scientific bodies across the globe, including a continued international consensus that the risk is exceedingly low for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans via food and food packaging.
Can I catch COVID-19 by eating food handled or prepared by others?
According to the CDC, the risk of getting COVID-19 by handling or consuming food from a restaurant, takeout, or drive through is very low.
What is the predominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S.?
The highly transmissible B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2 has become the predominant circulating U.S. strain.
What is a COVID-19 variant of interest?
A variant with specific genetic markers that have been associated with changes to receptor binding, reduced neutralization by antibodies generated against previous infection or vaccination, reduced efficacy of treatments, potential diagnostic impact, or predicted increase in transmissibility or disease severity.
