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Show A-8 The Park Record The Original Utah Lender Since 1897 OUR LOCAL COMPANY STAFF ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FULL TIME - PROCESSING AND CLOSING LOANS. PRE-APPROVALS, PURCHASE OR REFINANCE - RATES ARE LOW! CONTACT ME ANYTIME - DAY, EVENING OR WEEKENDS. STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY! Colorado governor lays out roadmap to gradually reopen state economy Polis: Under 2K hospitalizations a month is the goal ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Winer Your Local Park City Home Loan Specialist Cell: 435-200-5642 mwiner@utahmtg.com NMLS #1865813 Utah Mortgage Loan Corp, 488 E 6400 S, SLC UT 84107. Phone 801-561-4700 NMLS ID 149160. (www.nmisconsumeraccess.org) Utah D ivision of R eal Estate Licence #5474991. A Z dept o f Financial institutions lic #BK0943466. WY Division of Banking lic #013. Information subject to change without notice. This is not an offer for extensions of credit or a commitment to lend. Some restrictions may apply. Equal Housing Lender Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 25-28, 2020 DENVER — Colorado will let its statewide stay-at-home order expire next week, allow a gradual reopening of non-essential businesses and permit non-elective surgical procedures and other activity suspended by the coronavirus fight as long as strict social distancing and other protective measures continue, Gov. Jared Polis said Monday. Polis credited widespread compliance with social distancing and shelter-in-place orders for state information that suggests COVID-19 hospitalizations are leveling off, allowing the most severe restrictions imposed last month to expire on April 27. He urged residents who can work at home to keep doing so, to stay at home as much as possible, avoid large gatherings and wear masks and other protective gear. Details on specific measures will be released this week, Polis said. State and local authorities are empowered to reimpose restrictions in response to health crises, he said. Reduced tourism will continue to impact the state this summer, especially the Rocky Mountain region, and federal aid will be needed to help communities there, Polis said. It was in Colorado’s ski resort communities that the state’s first pandemic hot spots emerged. Polis’ announcement came after Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said officials were considering phasing out city restrictions. It also followed a large Sunday protest at the state Capitol to demand a reopening of the economy. Colorado’s reopening will be gradual, Polis emphasized, with the goal of keeping the number of coronavirus hospitalizations below the 2,000 intensive care beds in Colorado hospitals. Critical retailers still to be determined will be able to open with social distancing, and all retailers will be allowed to provide curbside services, Polis said. Personal care shops such as barbers and nail salons will reopen. On May 4, non-essential businesses will be allowed to resume on-site operations at 50% capacity. Large employers will be required to perform temperature checks and will be encouraged to stagger shifts to maintain social distancing, Polis said. All schools, from K-12 to universities, will remain closed. Child care services will reopen. Restaurants and bars — currently restricted to pickup and delivery — won’t open immediately but eventually could with distancing measures, Polis said. He urged older adults who are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus to stay home. “Your May will look like your April if you are 75 or 80, and this is important because this is Russian roulette if you are that age,” he said. Earlier Monday, Hancock said Denver may extend its stay at home order, due to expire on April 30. A ban on large gatherings would remain. “This will be a different summer for those of us here in Denver, Colorado,” he said. The city would need to test an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people a week in order to relax restrictions, far more than the hundreds of tests conducted in the city last week, said Bob McDonald, executive director of the city’s Department of Public Health and Environment. At least 449 people have died of the coronavirus in Colorado. There have been 10,106 confirmed cases — including about 1,750 in Denver — but the state health department estimates that between 65,000 and 75,000 people have been infected with the virus statewide based on its internal modeling. For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death. The vast majority of people recover. Navajo Nation government is shuttered until mid-May Tribe faces more than a thousand cases, dozens dead ASSOCIATED PRESS WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is extending the closure of the tribal government until mid-May because of the coronavirus outbreak. Tribal President Jonathan Nez said the tribe must remain vigilant to try to save as many lives as possible. “We’re not letting our guard down, now is not the time,” he said in a statement this week. A previous executive order declaring an emergency, restricting travel and closing government offices was set to expire Sunday. It now expires May 17. The tribe has instituted daily nighttime curfews and weekend lockdowns to keep people from traveling on the vast reservation that extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The tribe has reported 1,282 positive COVID-19 cases and 49 known deaths as of Wednesday, by far the most of any Native American tribe in the country. That’s an increase of 76 new cases and one more death since Tuesday’s report. Those figures don’t include cases in towns that border the reservation and previously were included in the Navajo Nation’s total. Meanwhile on Wednesday, Nez was on hand as two semitrucks arrived in the tribal capital of Window Rock to deliver more than 2,500 bottles of water to help first responders and health care workers on the reservation. Nez had been under a 14day self-quarantine until Tuesday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. Park City Community Bulletin Board Presented by Open for Business Now is the time to support your local business community by keeping your dollars in Park City and Summit County, Even with the current restrictions many establishments and organizations are still providing local goods and services. And by staying loyal to these critical members of our community you will help them through this challenging period. Check out the Park City Chamber Bureau community bulletin to find out what businesses are providing. If you are a business make sure you post your offering. Go to parkrecord.com and click the “Open for business” button on the nav bar or type bit.ly/prbulletin in your browser to see who you can support today! The Park City Chamber Bureau reminds you to diligently practice social distancing and alert your health care provider if you begin to experience symptoms of the COVID-19 virus. |