by Mountain Mail Staff
County-level Public Health orders will be given precedence as state public health restrictions tied to the stateâs COVID-19 dial framework change.
The dial is being phased out as a restriction tool as the landscape of COVID-19 evolves.
The change, prompted by increased vaccination rates and a decreasing threat to hospital capacity, allows counties to implement regulations on a local level while still maintaining some limited requirements across the state, a Chaffee County Public Health press release stated.
The dial is not going away yet. It will remain in place to serve as guidance to counties.