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Utah County health officials urge testing prioritization, detail vaccine and treatment updates
Summary
Utah County Health Department told commissioners testing demand and supply remain strained amid Omicron; officials urged prioritizing tests for high-risk groups, explained updated isolation guidance and limited therapeutic supplies, and outlined local vaccine and testing sites.
Eric Edwards, with the Utah County Health Department, told the county commission on Jan. 19 that the county remains in a period of high COVID-19 transmission driven by the Omicron variant and that testing and treatment supplies are strained.
Edwards said county public health is maintaining a COVID-19 call center at (801) 851-4357 to answer resident questions and that vaccine and testing information is posted on the county’s health events site (healthevents.utahcounty.gov) and the state’s coronavirus resources. He listed local vaccination sites including the Provo Town Center (a replacement for a BYU-run clinic), Spanish Fork Fairgrounds (mobile testing/minisite), American Fork and Payson clinics, and a planned site in Saratoga Springs, and said…
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