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<p class="MsoNormal">Quick clarification, since I don’t think I was clear originally: the health departments don’t yet have the tests, so they may ask you to contact them later if you reach out to them now.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers!<br>
Buzzy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NIELSEN Buzzy * SLO <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 6, 2022 8:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Public Library Directors announcement list (pl-directors@omls.oregon.gov) <pl-directors@omls.oregon.gov>; Academic Library Directors announcement list (al-directors@omls.oregon.gov) <al-directors@omls.oregon.gov>; Tribal Library Directors announcement
list (tl-directors@omls.oregon.gov) <tl-directors@omls.oregon.gov>; libs-or@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> COVID-19 rapid test kits<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Several of you asked us at the State Library about the <a href="https://ktvz.com/news/coronavirus/2021/12/30/oregon-health-authority-orders-12-million-at-home-covid-19-tests/">
recent news</a> that the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has ordered 12 million COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits for distribution locally. We reached out to OHA to ask whether interested libraries could be sites to distribute these free testing kits in the community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">OHA said that libraries would be a great distribution point for such tests. OHA is distributing the tests directly to county and tribal health departments, so the best place for libraries to contact if you’re interested in distributing
tests to the public is your local county or tribal health authority. You can see a directory of county health authorities
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/providerpartnerresources/localhealthdepartmentresources/pages/lhd.aspx">
here</a>. Academic libraries may want to contact your school’s health department first.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We continue to monitor COVID updates relevant to libraries, so if you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stay safe, stay healthy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Buzzy Nielsen, MPP, MSI (he/him/his)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Program Manager, Library Support & Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:buzzy.nielsen@slo.oregon.gov">buzzy.nielsen@slo.oregon.gov</a> | 971-375-3486<br>
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries">www.oregon.gov/library/libraries</a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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