Tag: Covid-19 Testing
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Colorado closes COVID-19 community testing sites by mid-January
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will close its 20 remaining COVID-19 testing sites on Jan. 15. As more Coloradans have relied on at-home COVID-19 tests in the past several months, the demand for testing at the state’s community sites has dropped to between 3 to 6% of overall capacity, according to…
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Colorado had America’s highest nursing home coronavirus death rate at end of 2020
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis a year ago pledged an aggressive approach to tamp down surging coronavirus cases in the state’s nursing homes, calling on the Colorado National Guard to help with testing for the virus at…
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Water World COVID testing site to close permanently this month
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The free COVID-19 testing site at Water World is set to close its doors permanently on March 25, Adams County announced Tuesday. The site, located in Federal Heights, is one of the largest testing sites in the Denver metro area, administering 250,000 COVID-19 tests since…
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Adams County combines rapid COVID-19 testing sites into new Brighton location
Adams County opened a new, free COVID-19 rapid testing site Wednesday in Brighton’s Riverdale Regional Park, consolidating all previous rapid testing sites in the county. The new testing site at 9755 Henderson Road will be open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until the end of March. “Consolidating these sites into one…
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Free COVID-19 community testing site to open in Douglas County
Another community testing site for COVID-19 will open this weekend in Douglas County, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Tuesday. The site will provide free testing daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning Saturday in partnership with Mako Medical. The site is located at the Douglas County Fairgrounds (500 Fairgrounds Drive)…
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Free COVID-19 testing site to open in Denver’s Fort Logan neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new free community COVID-19 testing site is set to open Tuesday in Denver’s Fort Logan neighborhood, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced. The testing site, run in partnership with the Tri-County…
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UCHealth using new, faster COVID-19 testing system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UCHealth has begun using a new system to process COVID-19 tests, the hospital system announced Friday. The testing system, The Amplitude Solution by Thermo Fisher Scientific, is highly accurate and provides results faster for the PCR nasal swab tests. PCR is the gold standard for…
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Colorado opens new free COVID-19 testing sites, events throughout the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment opened several free community COVID-19 testing sites throughout the state last week in an effort to increase access. Testing is now available Monday through Friday at Abraham…
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Free COVID-19 testing sites in Denver to open this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city and county of Denver will be opening two new temporary COVID-19 testing sites this weekend. The first site is located at True Light Baptist Church at 14333 Bolling Drive. It will be open Saturday and Dec. 19, with tests administered from 9 a.m.…
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Colorado health officials still recommend 14-day quarantine amid CDC update
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines Wednesday to reduce the length of quarantine when exposed to COVID-19. However, state health officials are urging residents to take the two weeks. “The gold standard…