Chaffee County Public Health (CCPHE) is stepping up communications in the face of the community spread of the the coronavirus known as COVID-19 within the state. Beginning Thurs. March 19, it will start hosting daily Facebook Live updates at noon. These are scheduled for Monday through Thursday at noon. It will also host virtual Town Halls on Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Both events will be on Facebook Live on the COVID-19 Chaffee County page and Zoom starting Thursday, March 19th related to COVID-19. The daily updates will provide a brief insight to the current national, state, and local landscape of COVID-19.
CCPHE will hold their second weekly live online/virtual Town Hall Meeting at 12:30 p.m. MDT Friday, March 20, to keep the public updated on the county’s efforts to reduce the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 within Chaffee county.
In addition, to address community concerns that the county’s aging population is not as connected on social media as other demographics, CCPHE will record the Town Halls and share them with the local media (AVV will post the recording in our digital newsroom).
In addition, Chaffee County Public Health will be setting up informational boards at local public venues, such as Walmart, Safeway, and City Market for those who are not on the internet to find out information associated with COVID-19.
“Chaffee County Public Health understands that our community needs regular communications through a wide range of strategies to understand the significant impact COVID-19 is having locally and beyond. We hope that these daily check-ins and weekly town halls will help curb rumors and ease anxieties,” said Chaffee County Public Health Director and COVID-19 Incident Commander Andrea Carlstrom. “We want our community to have accurate and timely information and resources during a very dynamic and uncertain time.”
The town hall will be a 30 minute update, followed by a 15 minute question and answer session, giving the public the opportunity to ask questions and get answers to their concerns as the community deals with the global public health threat.
Poncha Springs and Buena Vista sign on County Road 291 (Photo by Taylor Sumners)
The town hall can be accessed by logging into the COVID-19 Chaffee County Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/COVID19ChaffeeCounty/ or go to the home Chaffee County Government page at www.chaffeecounty.org and follow the online ZOOM meeting instructions on the far right column of the HOME page.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/4328290633
Meeting ID: 432 829 0633
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For questions, contact Chaffee County Public Health at 719-539-4510.
For those asking questions, posting on their social media pages, trying to keep in touch with family and friends to encourage each other during this difficult time, let’s show how resilient our county can be — #Chaffeestrong.
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