CURENTLY SERVING PHASE 1A & 1B. PLEASE CALL 719-687-6416
FOR VACCINE AND APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY.
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*Eligibility does not equate to availability*
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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
Right now, we are in
Level Orange:
Safer at Home -
High Risk
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.
Testing Calendar

TESTING ELIGIBILITY
Eligible for Testing:
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Age 3 or older who meet ANY one of the following criteria:
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Individual WITH COVID-19 symptoms (best to test as soon as symptoms occur)
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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.
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Individual WITHOUT COVID-19 symptoms who has had a known exposure or was identified as a close contact to someone who tested positive to COVID. (A close contact is defined as being within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more in a 24-hour period) Exposure testing should occur at day 5-14 from exposure - best to test day 5 - 7 after exposure.
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Public Health requests testing - Individual claiming this status will have a letter from TCPHE
NOT Eligible for testing at this time:
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If individual tested positive for COVID-19 within last 90 days
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After 90 days OK to re-test from initial positive test (this is the case in most circumstances)
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If a person has been tested in the previous 14 days
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Screening for the following purposes:
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Return to work - Refer to employer’s work place, Peak Vista or other testing entity in Colorado Springs
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Pre-Surgical screening- Refer to individual’s surgical office for guidance regarding testing
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Travel screening- Refer to Walgreens (not in Woodland Park), Costco, Safeway or other entities that do travel testing
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Surveillance testing for employer/facility/business
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Refer to employer or facility
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Teller County Data Dashboard




