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Pitkin County health officials are enacting a mandatory indoor mask public health order starting at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The order requires masks in all indoor public spaces for all individuals 2 years and older regardless of vaccination status.
Aspen School District plans to take a “layered” approach to COVID-19 mitigation that requires masks and staff vaccination but also includes distancing, testing and isolation policies for the 2021-22 school year, according to an opening plan released Aug. 12.
All schools and child care facilities in Pitkin County will require universal masking for people over the age of 2 this fall to curb the spread of COVID-19 and keep kids in school as much as possible.
With summer tourism peaking and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, Aspen and the Valley are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases and local health officials are concerned.