COVID-19 HHRC Update: Stats and Grand County Issues Public Health Order to Authorize and Implement Activity Specific Protective Measures
June 26, 2020 3:30 pm
Information shared from Grand Country Public Health https://www.co.grand.co.us/COVID19
COVID-19 Update
Grand County Issues Public Health Order to Authorize and Implement Activity Specific Protective Measures
On Friday, June 26, 2020, Grand County Public Health (GCPH) is issuing a Public Health Order (PHO) to limit the health impacts of COVID-19.
To help the public better understand Grand County’s specific protective measures, we have developed several simple and easy to access documents and playbooks. These “live” documents are by design easily updated as conditions change and developments occur. The goal of these documents is to keep our community and visitors as safe as possible while allowing our economy to recover and grow.
This PHO authorizes and implements the Grand County Suppression Plan and Playbooks to allow safe operation of certain, specifically identified industries, businesses, recreation, events and other activities in Grand County while maintaining Best Practice Protective Measures, including safe and sustainable levels of social distancing. It also continues the requirement for all businesses, employers, sole-proprietors, and organizers of events and activities to submit a Compliance Verification Form through Grand County Public Health prior to opening and receiving customers, or commencing an event or other activity.
Protective Measures in all Playbooks will take precedence over state orders, regardless of whether the local public health Playbooks’ Protective Measures are more or less restrictive than current state orders. The PHO will become effective immediately and will remain in effect until September 30, 2020, unless specifically amended, superseded, extended, or terminated by order of the GCPH Director. The PHO is effective within the entirety of Grand County, including all towns within Grand County.
Compliance Includes:
- Generally applicable Best Practice Protective Measures are to be followed by all citizens, businesses, and visitors while in Grand County.
- Businesses, employers, sole proprietors, and organizers of events and activities shall submit a Compliance Verification Form through Grand County Public Health for each activity subject to Activity Specific Protection Measures and display approved acceptance documentation prior to opening and receiving customers, or commencing an event or other activity.
- Indoor and outdoor receptions, events, fairs, rodeos, non-critical auctions, concerts, outdoor markets, or other outdoor activities and venues not covered in other guidances in excess of one hundred participants will need to submit a plan to Grand County Public Health for approval using the Event Planning Application.
These Best Practice Protective Measures, Activity Specific Protective Measures, and basic principles for responding to COVID-19 are critical elements of the CDPHE and GCPH approved Grand County COVID-19 Suppression Plan. Compliance is critical to suppress the transmission of COVID-19 in Grand County to levels that do not overwhelm the healthcare system and allow as many businesses and activities as possible to continue operating or occurring.
Any business, public or private gathering, or organized recreation, event, or other activity that is not in compliance with this and other applicable State and local public health orders shall cease operation or activity.
It is important to remember that it is every individual’s personal and professional responsibility to make the right decisions and hold each other to the safest standards possible. Our ability to move into even less restrictive measures hinges on the continued success of our community’s commitment to best social distancing and hygiene practices.
