New CO Health Order Requires Vaccines For Events With 500+ People

COLORADO — A new public health order in Colorado requires vaccines for all public, indoor unseated events of 500 people or more in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield and Jefferson counties.

The order takes effect Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Sunday in a news release.

“I am grateful for the counties that are coordinating with the state to slow the spread of the virus," said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the state public health agency, in the release.

"Large venues and local governments are part of the solution to ending the pandemic. We also need all Coloradans to do their part by getting vaccinated if they haven’t already; getting a booster; and following basic public health precautions like masking, staying home when sick, and handwashing.”

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The order also recommends that counties adopt vaccine requirements for employees in high-risk settings.

The state also amended a public health order to restate that Coloradans ages 18 and older can get a booster if it has been six months since they received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two months since they received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

>> More information about how to get vaccinated in Colorado can be found here.