CURENTLY SERVING PHASES 1 and 2 (everyone age 18 and over)

See the above link to indicate your interest in receiving the vaccine

and to be contacted when vaccine is available for your phase

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Check with your Primary Care Provider or, if you are a Veteran, with the VA. We will add Teller County vaccine providers as they become available

Number of COVID cases

Contact Tracing Update

 

Teller County Public Health & Environment is currently experiencing a high volume of cases and may not be able to complete contact tracing for all exposed individuals.

 

If you are a confirmed COVID-19 case (test positive), you may be contacted for a phone interview.  Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 are infectious and are required to isolate.

 

Teller County Public Health & Environment recommends that confirmed positive individuals reach out to their close contacts to inform them of their potential exposure to COVID-19 with directions to quarantine.

 

You can find more information about next steps here.

Testing Calendar 

TESTING ELIGIBILITY

Eligible for Testing:

COVID-19 PCR Test

  • Age 4 or older (testing of children will be based on testing site discretion. Children who are not able to cooperate for insertion of a nasal swab will not be tested) who exposed to COVID-19 (no earlier than 5 days after exposure) or persons experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 ( for a list of COVID-19 symptoms visit the CDC website https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html) 

  • fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of teste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.
  • PCR test results will be reported by text or email

  • Individuals with positive test results will be contacted by TCPHE for follow-up

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NOT Eligible for testing at this time:

  • If individual tested positive for COVID-19 within last 90 days

    • After 90 days OK to re-test from initial positive test (this is the case in most circumstances)

  • If a person has been tested in the previous 14 days 

  • Screening for the following purposes:

    • Return to work - Refer to employer’s work place, Peak Vista or other testing entity in Colorado Springs

    • Pre-Surgical screening- Refer to individual’s surgical office for guidance regarding testing

    • Travel screening- Refer to Walgreens (not in Woodland Park), Costco, Safeway or other entities that do travel testing

  • Surveillance testing for employer/facility/business 

    • Refer to employer or facility

Teller County Data Dashboard 

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