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Pitkin County stops testing for COVID-19
News | March 14, 2020
Carolyn Sackariason
Local health officials have stopped testing individuals for COVID-19 due to resource constraints, and experts also said that a test doesn’t constitute treatment anyway.
Instead, officials urge people who have symptoms of COVID-19, the new coronavirus that is now being spread community wide, to stay home for 14 days.
Those who have severe symptoms and are in the vulnerable population of being elderly, or have health issues like compromised immune systems, are asked to call their physician first or the county’s incident management team’s hotline at 970-429-6186 where they will be prescreened.
Dave Ressler, the chief executive officer at Aspen Valley Hospital, said during a media briefing Friday that the goal is to keep AVH open for patients who need medical care for serious cases of COVID-19 and other health emergencies...
Pitkin County stops testing for COVID-19
News | March 14, 2020
Carolyn Sackariason
Local health officials have stopped testing individuals for COVID-19 due to resource constraints, and experts also said that a test doesn’t constitute treatment anyway.
Instead, officials urge people who have symptoms of COVID-19, the new coronavirus that is now being spread community wide, to stay home for 14 days.
Those who have severe symptoms and are in the vulnerable population of being elderly, or have health issues like compromised immune systems, are asked to call their physician first or the county’s incident management team’s hotline at 970-429-6186 where they will be prescreened.
Dave Ressler, the chief executive officer at Aspen Valley Hospital, said during a media briefing Friday that the goal is to keep AVH open for patients who need medical care for serious cases of COVID-19 and other health emergencies...