Contra Costa County Lifts Orders Expanding Access To COVID-19 Testing; Sites To Close

CBS San Francisco

September 30, 2022

Contra Costa County health officials lifted a trio of health orders this week that expanded the availability of COVID-19 testing in the early months of the pandemic.

The orders authorized COVID testing at locations operated by OptumServe, directed laboratories to report COVID test results to local and state public health agencies and required health care facilities to provide COVID testing.

County Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli rescinded the three orders Tuesday, arguing that "organizational and regulatory changes at the state and federal level" have made them unnecessary in the current state of the pandemic.

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