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As Summit County comes to grips with the news that it won’t be moving out of level red restrictions anytime soon, officials are working to boost local testing and vaccination efforts.
At the Summit County Board of Health meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, Public Health Director Amy Wineland presented testing and vaccination updates. At the meeting, Wineland said the county is encouraging everyone, regardless of symptoms or exposure to the virus, to get tested.
“It is really vital that people get tested, especially if they’re out and about and not quarantining themselves in their homes,” she said. “It’s extremely important for anyone with any symptoms, mild symptoms included, to also go get tested. It’s really one of the only tools we’ve had to isolate people and get their close contacts in quarantine.”
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Starting Saturday, Dec. 12, the state-run coronavirus testing site in Silverthorne will be moving to a new location at the Century Link Building, 591 Center Circle in Silverthorne.
Currently, the drive-thru testing site is operating out of the overflow parking lot next to the Silverthorne Recreation Center. Testing will continue from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at that location Friday, Dec. 11. Testing will be offered during the same hours at the Century Link building starting Saturday.
At a Summit County Board of Health meeting Dec. 2, county officials said they were looking to move the site, which is currently all outdoors, to the new building to accommodate for inclement weather.