riCounty Health Department has issued a local travel advisory for residents of Duchesne, Daggett, and Uintah Counties to restrict all non-essential travel outside their community. “In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 throughout the state we are asking residents to strongly reconsider any recreational, leisure, and non-essential work-related travel that will take them outside of our communities,” shares TriCounty Health Officer Jordan Mathis of the formal local travel advisory issued by TriCounty Health Department. “Although we currently do not have any confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our three counties at this time, we are asking residents to continue to take reasonable measures to keep it that way as long as possible. Compliance with this advisory will aid our statewide efforts to limit the speed of the spread of the virus and prevent our local and state healthcare resources from becoming overburdened.” TriCounty Health confirmed that cases continue to be identified in Utah. As of Sunday, March 15th, there were 28 cases identified in Utah and a growing number of cases in both Colorado and Wyoming. With the Uintah Basin now surrounded by virus activity, local health officials “ feel strongly that residents can protect themselves, their families, and our community by restricting their travel into areas with virus activity.” The travel advisory takes effect March 16th and will remain in effect until further notice.
