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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL from A1 Lane With low infection rates, suffi cient testing capacity, the ability to expand con- tact tracing and an ade- quate supply of personal equipment, the county said it believes it is ready to be- gin reopening. Phase 1 of reopening will last for 21 days and will include expectations for residents to practice good hygiene and staying home when sick. “Employers would de- velop appropriate policies for social distancing, pro- tective equipment, tem- perature checks, sanitation and monitoring employees for symptoms,” the county wrote. Vulnerable popula- tions will be asked to stay home, telework will con- tinue where possible, and non-essential travel will be discouraged. Aft er that initial phase, if the county can show it has kept the spread of COVID-19 down, non-es- sential travel could resume while schools and gyms could be reopened — all with social distancing guidelines in place. Aft er at least 21 ad- ditional days, worksites could have unrestricted staffi ng, visitors to nursing homes would be allowed and restaurants and bars could have more seating. “Each incubation period lasts 14 days, so the phased plan requiring communi- ties to wait 21 days at each phase would take into ac- count any changes over an incubation period — plus a week — to assess the cur- rent status prior to mov- ing to the next phase,” the county wrote. “In Lane County, we have not had signifi cant growth of cases during the pandemic…” However, because test- ing was very limited during the beginning of the pan- demic, only those who had severe, specifi c symptoms (fever, shortness of breath and cough) and needed hospitalization were tested. Th erefore, the actual data regarding prevalence of COVID in Lane County is incomplete and not entire- ly known. To get around this, the county is using the metric of emergency department visits and hospital admis- sions. Regarding emergen- cy department visits for COVID-like illnesses, counties must be less than “the historic average for fl u at the same time of year,” per state regulations. According to data from the county, emergency de- partment visits have been in the “normal” range since Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE Help Prevent Blindness Get A Vision Screening Annually Ask About A FREE 3 Day Vacation Voucher To Over 20 Destinations!!! Tax Problems: RESOLVED There are many ways we can tackle IRS or State tax relief together: Tax Levies & Liens Release Resolve Back Taxes Wage Garnishment Release Payroll Tax Negotiation Stop Penalties and Interest Tax Debt Negotiation & Settlement ACCREDITED BUSINESS Tax Preparation & Bookkeeping Services ® A+ Rating Call us now for your FREE tax consultation & evaluation: 844-945-2056 Anthem offers a money-back guarantee designed to help you avoid wasting money on ineffective tax services. 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Reclaim Your Freedom And Independence NOW! April 10. As for a decline in hos- pital admissions, only 15 Lane County residents with confi rmed COVID cases have been hospital- ized since March 1. “Th e maximum number of Lane County residents hospitalized at one time was eight people on April 11 and 12,” the county re- ported. “Th ere have been no confi rmed hospitalized cases since April 24.” At the time of the coun- ty’s submission, the coun- ty had 16 active cases of COVID, and zero hospital- izations. “In order to quickly de- tect any changes in the growth rate or localized outbreaks, the communi- ty needs access to wide- spread testing, particularly in the event that cases are increasing on the disease curve,” the county wrote. Counties are required to administer weekly testing at a rate of 30 people per 10,000. Lane County es- timates that would mean 1,071 tests per week — or 153 tests per day. According to the appli- cation, “Based on the dai- ly average number of tests for the week ending May 3, Lane County is current- ly conducting about 185 tests per day and just under 1,300 per week.” PeaceHealth and McK- enzie-Willamette hospitals have capacity to admin- ister up to 400 tests per day and each hospital has committed to processing up to 50 tests per day for Lane County Public Health (LCPH) as part of outbreak investigations, sentinel sur- veillance and other urgent needs.” Th at combined capaci- ty could mean up to 3,500 residents could be tested weekly, if needed. Th e county must also provide testing sites that are accessible to under- served communities. Lane County stated it had mul- tiple sites where testing can be done with a doctor’s order. According to Lane County, McKenzie-Willa- mette Medical Center, in cooperation with the Uni- versity of Oregon, is op- erating a testing site at the Springfi eld hospital where anyone with a doctor’s or- der can get a test. Most primary care providers can take a sample and have contracts with labs and can perform the test. Nova Health urgent care, with locations in Eugene, Springfi eld and Cottage Grove can perform the tests and have them analyzed at McKenzie-Willamette’s lab. Both McKenzie-Wil- lamette and PeaceHealth hospitals are testing all ad- mitted patients. “Lane County Public Health is currently con- ducting surveillance test- ing for staff and clients at homeless respite sites and homeless shelters,” the county wrote. “During May, this will expand to testing staff and residents at long-term care facilities and surveillance testing in the Latinx community in cooperation with trusted partner organizations.” While the county will be able to increase daily testing beyond its current number, it states that the minimal number of testing each day should average 500, representing approx- imately 1 percent of the population being tested each week. “Optimal levels would be closer to 1,000 tests per day administered to residents,” the county wrote. “As test- ing resources become more available, the state is relax- ing the guidelines for who is eligible for testing — when the testing resourc- es were scarce, access was limited to only those who were most ill or had other specifi c risk factors.” Overall, testing in Ore- gon still falls short. Lane County admitted that, while its testing has in- creased, it is “still lagging.” While the county can reach minimum testing Prepare for unexpected power outages with a Generac home standby generator SCHEDULE YOUR FREE IN-HOME ASSESSMENT TODAY! 877-557-1912 FREE | MAY 14, 2020 to relax restrictions, “ulti- mately the community also needs expanded sentinel and surveillance testing,” the county wrote. Contact tracing involves identifying and reaching out to the contacts of some- one who tests positive for an infectious disease. Con- tacts are then tested and, for those who test positive, the process is then repeat- ed for their contacts, and so on, until the chain of trans- mission is interrupted. Until recently, only those with COVID that needed to be hospitalized met the strict testing criteria, so contract tracing has been minimal. “As testing becomes more widely available, Pub- lic Health will implement more extensive contact tracing, which is expected to include isolation and quarantine of known and suspected cases,” the coun- ty wrote. “In some cases, people who are isolated or quarantined at home will need support and resourc- es, such as groceries, laun- dry and prescription med- icines.” Th ose who are unhoused or unable to return to their homes will also need addi- tional accommodation. “It is not yet clear how widespread infection is in Lane County. Th erefore, it is diffi cult to estimate the resources that will be needed locally,” the county wrote. To reopen, the state re- quires 15 contract tracers per 100,000 people. “To meet this require- ment, Lane County would need 56 contract tracers, even though we currently only have 13 active cases,” the county wrote. “Lane County Public Health’s contract tracers work in teams of six, supervised by a nurse or disease investi- gation specialist. Based on past experience, eight FTE are needed to do adequate contact tracing for up to 10 active COVID-19 cases.” Th e county currently has a pool of staff and volun- teers to bring the capacity up to 20 FTE traces, en- abling research of up to 50 active cases. But with partnerships between Lane County Sheriff ’s Search and Rescue, the Universi- ty of Oregon and the Ore- | 7A gon Health Authority, the county will have a pool of 200 staff and volunteers who can “be mobilized quickly to work under a nurse or disease investiga- tion specialist to conduct contact tracing if a surge in disease requires expansion to 56 tracers,” the county said. Th e county said it will also ensure that there will be at least one bilingual (Spanish/English) contract tracer and cast investigator per team. Existing contacts with tribal communities will also provide tracing for tribal populations that speak Mam, Q’anjab’al, Q’eqchi and Mixtec. “Lane County current- ly investigates 95 percent of all new cases within 24 hours and expects this to continue,” the application stated. Th e application refer- enced the Roadmap for Reopening from the Amer- ican Enterprise Institute, which states that one of the triggers for reinstitut- ing stay-at-home orders is a doubling of cases every 3-5 days. “Because the virus is so contagious, it’s critical that the situation is close- ly monitored, and that the healthcare system is able to quickly respond in the event that increased disease is detected,” Lane County said. 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