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Oregon to do random testing for COVID-19

by Associated Press
| May 1, 2020 1:03 PM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will launch an ambitious COVID-19 random testing program and increase contact tracing as it readies to reopen the economy, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday, though a top state official said reopening will inevitably cost lives.

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