Koenemann said while all the cases are different, the people who have tested positive will remain in isolation through next week. She also didn’t have information about the exact conditions of the nine people in Aspen who tested positive, though spokeswoman Tracy Trulove said no one has yet been hospitalized. Shimasaki said she wasn’t sure if those samples had been forwarded yet to Atlanta, and didn’t know the timeframe to expect results back once they’re received. The samples from those who already tested “presumptive positive” will be sent to the CDC in Atlanta, where they will be tested again to confirm the diagnosis.
The three who exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 did not give a reason why they refused the tests, officials said.Īll 13 are Australians who visited Aspen recently with a 21-year-old fellow Australian woman who tested positive for COVID-19 when she returned home, according to state and local public health officials.
Members of the Incident Management Team would not disclose the locations of the remaining individuals in isolation.ĬDPHE officials have ordered three individuals who refused to be tested held in isolation until March 18 when they will have to pass two consecutive tests certifying they are free of the virus, according to Pitkin County Public Health Director Karen Koenemann. The food is served in disposable containers. Meanwhile, the couple is being fed by placing food outside their room. “The CDC was here today and were in the hotel,” Hanle said. Skico will rely on officials from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to determine how long the couple will remain in quarantine and isolation.
Hanle said the state health department didn’t specifically notify Skico of the test result of the other person in the hotel room, but the presumption is that person was exposed to the virus, as well. spokesman Jeff Hanle said Skico officials were informed by the CDPHE on Wednesday that a guest in The Little Nell has tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus. Two samples collected at Aspen Valley Hospital were sent to Denver on Wednesday night, while 11 more collected at an off-site testing center Wednesday will be sent in the near future, Shimasaki said.Īspen Skiing Co. Officials have said repeatedly that tests will be performed only on samples from people with symptoms that mirror COVID-19 because the state can only perform 160 tests per day.
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