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THE METRO
THE METRO AREA. STORMS WILL QUIT EVENTUALLY.
9NEWS AT 9:00 STARTS NOW.
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>>> A POST OFFICE IN DENVER IS DEFYING A CITY SHUTDOWN ORDER
AFTER AT LEAST TWO EMPLOYEES
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS
AND SANITATION PRACTICES WERE
NOT BEING FOLLOWED.
INSPECTORS FOUND THAT EMPLOYEES
AT THE POST OFFICE WERE NOT
WEARING MASKS, WERE NOT SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND WERE NOT USING
PROPER DISINFECTING TECHNIQUES.
>> WHILE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DEMANDS THE POST OFFICE CLOSE
TEMPORARILY, THE POSTAL SERVICE
SAYS INSTEAD IT WILL FOLLOW
FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND STAY
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. HERE IS 9NEWS REPORTER MARC
SALLINGER.
SALLINGER. >> Reporter: NEITHER SNOW NOR
RAIN NOR HEAT NOR GLOOM NOR A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC WILL SHUTDOWN
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
THE DENVER DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLICHEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
ORDERED THE POST OFFICE CLOSE
ITS DOORS AFTER IT RECEIVED TWO
COMPLAINTS OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. INSPECTORS VISITED THE FACILITY
YESTERDAY AND FOUND 60% OF
EMPLOYEES WEREN'T WEARING MASKS
OR WERE WEARING THEM
INCORRECTLY.
INCORRECTLY. NO PROCEDURES WERE IN PLACE FOR
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. NO EMPLOYEES ENTERING OR
EXITING WERE SCREENED FOR THE
VIRUS AND THE FACILITY WASN'T
SANITIZING PROPERLY.
SANITIZING PROPERLY. THE ORDER ISSUED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON DEMANDED THE POST
OFFICE CLOSE ITS DOORS
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. TODAY, THE POST OFFICE WAS
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. THE
OPEN. THE UNITED STATES POSTAL
SERVICE TELLS 9NEWS IT DOES NOT
PLAN TO SHUTDOWN THE LOCATION
SAYING IN A STATEMENT WHILE IT
APPRECIATES THE WORK THAT
DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH IS DOING,
IT DISAGREES WITH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ORDER.
HEALTH ORDER. IT SAYS IT IS A FEDERAL AGENCY
AND WILL FOLLOW CDC DIRECTIVES.
>> BECAUSE THE MAIL COMES IN
EVERY PERSON'S HOME, IT IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR A POST
OFFICE TO DO THE FREQUENT
CLEANING.
CLEANING.
CLEANING. >> Reporter: THOUGH THE POSTAL
SERVICE SAYS IT IS UNLIKELY
COVID-19 IS SPREAD KNEW THE
MAIL, DR. KOHLI SAYS WE REALLY
DON'T KNOW.
DON'T KNOW. >> YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HANDS
AT LEAST 20 SECONDS AFTERWARDS.
>> DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS
RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT KNOW IF
THOSE TWO POSTAL EMPLOYEES WHO
TESTED POSITIVE WERE WORKING AT
THE MAIL FACILITY WHILE THEY
WERE SICK.
WERE SICK. MAIL SERVICE SAYS IT CHANGED
ITS CLEANING POLICIES.
>>> THE STATE IS CHANGE HOW IT
REPORTS DEATHS RELATED TO COVID-
19 JUST ONE DAY AFTER WE TOLD
YOU SOME DEATHS THAT DON'T
APPEAR TO BE COVID RELATED ARE
STILL INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL
COUNT.
COUNT.
COUNT. YESTERDAY, WE SHARED THE STORY
FROM MONTEZUMA COUNTY.
A DEATH CERTIFICATE LISTED A
MAN'S DEATH FROM ALCOHOL
INTOXICATION.
INTOXICATION. BECAUSE HE HAD CORONAVIRUS AT
THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, THEY
LISTED HIS DEATH IN THE DEATH
COUNT.
COUNT.
COUNT. TODAY THEY ADDRESSED THE
DISCREPANCY.
DISCREPANCY. >> THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO WANT
TO KNOW NOT WHO DIED WITH COVID-
19, BUT WHO DIED OF COVID-19.
>> THEY CHANGED THE WAY THEY
REPORT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ON-
LINE.
LINE.
LINE. NOW
LINE. NOW THOSE WHO DIE WITH COVID
WILL BE COUNTED SEPARATELY FROM
THOSE WHO DIE COVID-19.
THE STATE IS NOW REPORTING
THERE HAVE BEEN 1,150 PEOPLE
WHO HAD COVID WHEN THEY DIED.
878 PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. >>> A REPUBLICAN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THAT
COLORADO'S TOP PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIAL IS CRIMINAL AND HE
WANTS HER CHARGED FOR FAKING
COVID-19 DEATH NUMBERS.
REPRESENTATIVE MARK BAISLEY OF
ROXBOROUGH PARK IS GOING AFTER
JILL RYAN, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF CPDHE.
HE SENT A LETTER TO D.A.
GEORGE BRAUCHLER SAYING THE
STATE IS INFLATING THE NUMBER
OF REPORTED COVID-19 CASES ON
PURPOSE, USED A SENIOR LIVING
FACILITY IN ARAPAHOE AS AN
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. THE FACILITY SAYS THEY WERE
OVERRIDING AND RECLASS FIGGINS
CAUSES OF RECLASSIFYING DEATHS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. REPRESENTATIVE BAISLEY TOLD ME
I TRY TO THINK OF A REASONABLE
WHY OVERRIDING A CAUSE OF DEATH
BUT WHITE HOUSE HEARING AN
EXPLANATION I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE
REPLACING THE TRUTH WITH A
FALSEHOOD IS INAPPROPRIATE.
>>> THE STATE SAYS THERE HAVE
BEEN 21,232 CASES OF COVID-19
IN COLORADO.
IN COLORADO. WE'RE ABOUT 240 SHORT OF
TESTING 120,000.
TESTING 120,000. THE STATE SAYS MORE