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Coronavirus testing now recommended for some Oregonians without symptoms: Are you on the list? - OregonLive
Jun 04, 2020 48 secs

The Oregon Health Authority announced Wednesday that it is now recommending coronavirus testing for some people who have no symptoms, but the latest guidance still does not include broad testing at long-term care facilities.

State public health officials reversed their earlier stance that the general testing of people without symptoms “is not useful,” highlighting six categories of Oregonians where testing is now recommended.

“The broad impacts of the coronavirus have fallen especially hard on Black and African American, Asian and Pacific Islander, Native American, and Latino, Latina, and Latinx people, in the U.S., and here in Oregon,” Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen said in a statement Tuesday.

The Oregon Health Authority’s guidance still does not encourage widespread testing in long-term care facilities.

State officials have hinted that a testing plan for long-term care facilities is imminent.

The study is supposed to “determine population prevalence of antibodies in Oregon based on sampling across the state,” according to health authority documents.

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