SWEETWATER COUNTY Sweetwater County Public Health Director Kim Lionberger responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new guidelines that state fully vaccinated residents can now gather with other vaccinated residents indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to new guidance from the CDC.
Under the new CDC guidelines fully vaccinated people can:
Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing
Visit with unvaccinated people from a single household who are at low risk for severe COVID-19 disease indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing
Refrain from quarantine and testing following a known exposure if asymptomatic
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SWEETWATER COUNTY Since December, roughly 7,000 Sweetwater County residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine and Sweetwater County Public Health officials are now waiting to find out how many doses it will receive in March.
During an informational COVID-19 meeting with local officials, industry personnel and media representatives, Sweetwater County Public Health Officer Dr. Jean Stachon said between those who have tested positive for the virus and those who have received the vaccine, Sweetwater County has about a 25 percent herd immunity. However her estimates do not include those who had COVID-19 and didn’t get tested.
Sweetwater County Public Health and Castle Rock Medical Center are continuing to distribute the vaccine as fast as they can. These are not the only two groups that can give vaccines in the county. Walmart is receiving vaccine from the federal government, Stachon said. Like public health, Walmart must follow the phasing criteria when distributing the vaccine.
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