Cold, Icy Weather Forces Some COVID-19 Testing Sites To Close Or Delay Opening
(CBS4) - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced several COVID-19 testing sites will close or start late on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The state says cold temperatures and expected icy conditions are to blame.
The following sites will be closed:
- La Veta Fire Protection - La veta
- Clayton Early Learning - Denver
The following sites will open at 10 a.m.:
- All City Stadium - Denver
- Aurora Public Schools Professional Learning Office - Aurora
- Centaurus High School - Lafayette
- Colorado School of Mines - Golden
- Echo Park Stadium - Parker
- George Washington High School - Denver
- Instructional Support Facility - Aurora
- Jefferson County Fairgrounds - Golden
- Red Rocks Community College - Lakewood
- SVVSD Innovation Center - Longmont
- Clear Creek Valley Park - Arvada
- Dr. MLK Early College - Denver
- Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy - Denver
- Our Lady Mother of the Church - Commerce City
- Southwest Plaza - Littleton
- Aims College - Greeley
- SOAR Academy - Englewood
- Clear Creek - Idaho Springs
- Rocky Mountain Prep - Denver
- Fort Morgan Lincoln Street - Fort Morgan
- Riverdale Regional Park - Brighton
- Jefferson County Fairgrounds - Golden
Those with appointments will be given information about rescheduling.
Colorado's seven day testing positivity rate is down to 23.6% as of Jan. 25. The state's hospitals currently have 535 ICU beds available.
Gov. Jared Polis addressed the amount of time to get at-home tests. He says the program might end soon.
"Once we're confident that the federal at-home instant test delivery program works well, we plan to roll ours into theirs and discontinue it as a state, but we haven't seen that yet. We want to make sure that that is reliable that people can get to test for free," said Polis.
Find more updates at covid19.colorado.gov.
