State health department creates new method to illustrate local COVID-19 restrictions

Colorado Politics: The state health department has devised a new “dial” representing different levels of COVID-19 restrictions, and is seeking public input before implementing the system for localities in Colorado.

“We hope the dial will help provide local communities with the flexibility to move throughout the different levels of guidance as necessary to protect public health,” said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “We invite everyone to provide feedback on this matrix, so we can make sure it serves the needs of all Colorado communities.”

Counties can be in one of three phases: stay at home, “safer at home,” or “protect our neighbors,” with the first carrying the most restrictions and the last carrying the fewest. Within “safer at home,” there are three levels to inform a jurisdiction whether it is approaching the most restrictive or least restrictive phases or remaining at a heightened level of caution.

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