Boulder County requires face masks for all indoor public spaces for ages 2 and up – CBS Denver

BOULDER, Colorado (CBS4)– Boulder County Public Health issued a new public health order on Thursday evening requiring face masks for anyone two years of age and older in all indoor public spaces. The order will go into effect on Friday, September 3.

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Boulder County Public Health released this statement Thursday evening after the board of health approved the public health order: Boulder County Public Health follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comprehensive data tracking system to determine levels of transmission. The CDC’s system tracks COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, testing, and other metrics to define four levels of community transmission (low, moderate, substantial / significant, and high), based on the percentage of positive tests and the number of cases per 100,000 people. The county-level view displays this information for Boulder County.