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Individual who tested positive for coronavirus on a
preliminary test is an employee at Forest Hills Elementary
School.
The school will be closed through Wednesday, March 4 for
deep cleaning.
Individual who tested positive for coronavirus on a preliminary test is an employee at Forest Hills Elementary School.
The school will be closed through Wednesday, March 4 for deep cleaning.
— KGW News (@KGWNews) February 29, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority has confirmed Oregon’s first, presumptive case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, public health officials announced today.
The case, an adult resident of Washington County, experienced symptoms of COVID-19 beginning Feb. 19, and a sample was collected from the individual today. The sample was sent to the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory in Hillsboro, which used the new COVID-19 test kit it received Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The lab tested the sample today—only hours after it validated the new CDC test kit.
www.oregon.gov/oha/ERD/Pages/Oregon-First-Presumptive-Case-Novel-Coronavirus.aspx