Tag Archives: Covid19

Please see the full 12/02/2020 release below from the Colorado Office of Communications from the Department of Public Health & Environment regarding the new, reduced quarantine length options for people with COVID-19 exposure with no subsequent symptoms. In synopsis: If exposed people do not develop symptoms, they may be released from quarantine after completing dayContinue reading “New COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines”

Please also see the information below from the Ouray County Public Health Agency: PRESS RELEASENovember 4, 2020Contact: Tanner Kingery, Director, Ouray County Public Health AgencyPhone: 970-325-4670Email: tkingery@ouraycountyco.govFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:OURAY COUNTY SAFER AT HOME STATUS POTENTIAL CHANGE AND COMMUNITY TESTING EVENTOuray County may be moving to the Safer at Home Level 2 (Yellow) status based onContinue reading “FREE Voluntary COVID-19 Testing Event this Wednesday 11/11/2020”

The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment released a new phone application over the weekend that has the potential to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our state. Please note that this app is completely optional and must be downloaded (on androids) and enabled (on iPhones) before it works. Go to addyourphone.com to learnContinue reading “Add Your Phone to Fight COVID-19”

In the beginning days of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching our area, COVID-19 swab tests were taking roughly 3-7 days to be resulted from the lab we use. Thankfully, Quest labs was able to improve this turnaround time to 2-3 days for most of May and the first half of June, processing as many as 100,000Continue reading “COVID-19 Testing Delays”

Mountain Medical Center would like to remind our patients that mask wearing continues to be required in the clinic building, both by office staff and by our patients age two and above. We are aware that a small number of individuals cannot wear masks for health reasons. If you believe you fall in this category,Continue reading “Reminder: Masks Required”

Mountain Medical Center wants the community to be aware that we can do both Nasopharyngeal (NP) Swabs (a diagnostic test to tell you if you have a current COVID-19 infection) and blood draws for COVID-19 antibody testing (to tell you if you previously had an infection). COVID-19 Testing Update (from MMC only) Over the pastContinue reading “COVID-19 Antibody Testing”

If you have tested positive for COVID-19, OR if you develop symptoms of COVID-19, you should be in isolation until you meet the following criteria: You have had no fever for at least 72 hours (that is 3 full days of NO fever without the use of medicine that reduces fevers)AND Other symptoms have improvedContinue reading “COVID-19 Isolation Rules”

In case you weren’t aware, the State of Colorado has a really comprehensive website dedicated to everything COVID-19 related in the state. This particular page does a great job breaking down the difference between mild vs. worsening vs. severe symptoms. We have copy/pasted some of the pertinent information below. Please note – if you haveContinue reading “COVID-19 Symptoms”