Weekly, asymptomatic testing of emergency responders in the Upper Roaring Fork Valley could begin by the end of this week or early next week, officials said Wednesday.
The effort will include Aspen police officers, Pitkin County sheriff’s deputies, county jail staff and deputies, Aspen Fire Department personnel, dispatchers at the county’s 911 center and certain employees of the county’s Health and Human Services Department, said Kurt Dahl, Pitkin County’s director of environmental health.
“It may catch a case a little bit earlier than before and limit exposure to other folks,” said Rick Balentine, chief of the Aspen Fire Department. “It’s gonna help us stay in business.”