Tag: coronavirus
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10th Circuit partially reinstates fired nursing home worker’s lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccination
The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday that a former nursing home employee can pursue her claim of religious discrimination against her employer for failing to grant a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination requirement. Diann R. Bolonchuk alleged she was an 18-year employee of Cherry Creek Nursing Center/Nexion Health when it…
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Some Colorado Springs faithful required to get COVID-19 vaccine likely will seek religious exemption
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bob Reiman doesn’t remember if he’s ever gotten a vaccination of any kind. “I don’t think so, no,” he said Thursday, while volunteering at the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Colorado Springs. He and others who hold certain religious beliefs may face a difficult…
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Colorado Springs Bridge Center temporarily closes after member tests positive for COVID-19
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fully vaccinated member of the Colorado Springs Bridge Center has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the facility to temporarily close its doors less than three weeks after it reopened to in-person play for the first time since March 2020, when it was the epicenter…
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Colorado officials recommend schools use masks, other measures — but will they require them?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State health officials Tuesday night “strongly” recommended school districts use layers of infection control efforts such as masking and distancing, but they stopped short of mandating any measure, instead leaving those decisions to local policymakers. In a document released by the state Department of Public…
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Outbreak at homeless shelter in Colorado Springs leads to return of stricter practices
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After bringing back all 107 employees and 180 volunteers in June, Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter has a COVID-19 outbreak infecting 17 staff and clients. The most recent confirmed cases at Springs Rescue Mission were detected June 25, and the outbreak remains active, according to El…
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Cases of COVID-19 variant have quadrupled in El Paso County, data show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The number of confirmed cases of a new highly transmissible and more dangerous COVID-19 variant strain in El Paso County has quadrupled in the last two weeks. Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday showed El Paso County is home…
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El Paso County restaurants among businesses eligible for latest COVID-19 financial relief
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Small-business owners in El Paso County could have a lifeline tossed their way thanks to a new grant program, a county news release announced. El Paso County is working with the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments to disperse funding locally after the state Legislature…
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Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign for El Paso County surpasses goal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the El Paso County Salvation Army entered the familiar Red Kettle campaign a little nervous this year. “Because of COVID guidelines, social distancing, fear and uncertainty, we didn’t know what to expect,” spokeswoman Brett Harrison said. “We were hoping for the best, but…
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Coronavirus in Colorado and around the world — Latest updates
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coronavirus news and updates from Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak region, and elsewhere in Colorado and the U.S. !function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var e in a.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var t=document.getElementById(“datawrapper-chart-“+e)||document.querySelector(“iframe[src*=’”+e+”‘]”);t&&(t.style.height=a.data[“datawrapper-height”][e]+”px”)}}))}(); – Colorado is in its first phase of rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, but many Coloradans are still struggling to…