Julia Pappas
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Welcome to Governor Cox’s press shop. Here you can stay up-to-date on press releases, blog posts and more communication coming directly from our office.
February 12, 2021
Gov. Spencer Cox signs five bills
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 12, 2021) – Today Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed five bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2021 General Legislative Session to 16. Information on these bills can be found below. HB 12 Deceased Voter Amendments. Winder, M. HB 60 Conceal Carry Firearms Amendments. Brooks,W. HCR 6 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing
February 11, 2021
Utah COVID-19 Briefing: Feb. 11, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 11, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing. ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Univision 32. Some highlights from this briefing include: We’ve administered 462,770 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. Our case counts, percent positivity and hospitalizations are decreasing. We’ve conducted 3 and a half million tests. We have the lowest
February 10, 2021
Watch: Live COVID-19 Q&A with the Governor
We covered a lot in our first live Q&A session, including vaccine distribution, mask mandates, what we can expect in the coming months, and more. Watch it here, and stay tuned for our next one! ###
February 5, 2021
Here’s who’s eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in Utah
On Feb. 4, Utah reached an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19: We officially administered more vaccine doses than the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. In other good news: The federal government announced it will increase vaccine allocation by 5%. That means Utah will get a weekly allocation of 42,000 doses a week. And all
February 4, 2021
Utah COVID-19 Briefing: Feb. 4, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 4, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing. ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Univision 32. Some highlights from this briefing include: We’ve administered 362,701 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. We reached a really important milestone: We have now administered more doses than the number of people who have tested positive
January 28, 2021
Utah COVID-19 Briefing: Jan. 28, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (Jan. 28, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing. ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Univision 32. Some highlights from this briefing include: We’ve administered 267,027 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. We are able to transfer doses intended for our federal pharmacy partners to local providers. This will result in more than