Julia Pappas
Deputy Director of Communications
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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.
August 16, 2021
Gov. Cox will send more than 1 million higher-quality face masks to school districts
SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 16, 2021) — As many Utah students begin to return to the classroom, the Cox-Henderson Administration wants to keep them as safe as possible from COVID-19. To help, we’re sending out more than 1 million higher-quality masks to school districts. Districts will start seeing surgical-style masks in kids sizes arriving at districts throughout the state starting
August 3, 2021
Utah COVID-19 Briefing: Aug. 3, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 3, 2021) — Click here to watch this week’s COVID-19 briefing. ASL interpretation is provided. Traducción al español en Emergencias Utah. Some highlights from this briefing include: The current COVID situation is starting to overwhelm our hospitals and ICUs. We reported last month that the models were predicting 1,200 new COVID cases per day. Unfortunately, we’re seeing those predictions
July 12, 2021
Gov. Spencer J. Cox apologizes for reporting COVID-19 vaccination data error
SALT LAKE CITY (July 12, 2021) — In response to an error reported by the Utah Department of Health, Gov. Spencer J. Cox issued the following letter to the people of Utah: “We screwed up. And I sincerely apologize. “When I became governor, I promised that I would hold myself and others in state government accountable and admit our mistakes.
July 6, 2021
Utah hits 70% vaccination goal
UPDATE: In response to an error reported by the Utah Department of Health, Gov. Spencer J. Cox issued a letter to the people of Utah on July 12, 2021. Read it here. SALT LAKE CITY (July 6, 2021) — Big news: We’ve hit the 70% vaccination goal for Utahns 18+! As of July 4, the Utah Department of Health showed 65.2%
July 1, 2021
Utah COVID-19 Briefing: July 1, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (July 1, 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 are starting to see an uptick, not only in case counts, but in hospitalizations. Yesterday, at 574, was the highest case count we have seen since March 4. We have now
June 14, 2021
Watch: Gov. Cox answers your questions live in a virtual town hall
SALT LAKE CITY (June 14, 2021) — Have a question for us? Now’s your chance to ask! Join us for a Facebook Live at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15. We’ll talk about drought conditions, wildfire prevention and more. You can ask your questions live or submit them here: https://bit.ly/FBLive615. Sign up for our #OneUtah newsletter to get weekly updates from the