Documents obtained by CPR show JBS had a week under the April 4 public health order to clean up and better protect employees. That apparently didn't happen to the satisfaction of health authorities.
An order from state and Weld County health officials instructs the plant to stay closed until it finishes testing its thousands of employees, disinfecting the facility and implementing social distancing practices.
"I'm kind of angry because I don't understand why everybody's lives are being put at risk just to make the product," one worker says. The company says it's "promoting physical distancing where possible."
Three University of Colorado campuses, Metropolitan State University. University of Northern Colorado and more are going remote due to coronavirus fears.
Health care costs in Summit County are among the highest in the country. A group of locals started Peak Health Alliance to help lower costs — now they want to expand to other rural communities.
Passengers traveling from China into the United States must pass through one of 20 airports that screen for novel coronavirus before they can reach the Denver airport.