Closure of Juneau's COVID-19 emergency operations center brings changes to testing, data reporting

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Closure of Juneau's COVID-19 emergency operations center brings changes to testing, data reporting
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Juneau’s emergency operations center closed on April 30 after managing the city's response to the pandemic for more than two years. Now, public health officials and community healthcare providers will take on long-term management of the pandemic.

May 2, 2022Juneau’s COVID-19 testing site is moving from the Hagevig Regional Fire Training Center to Bartlett Regional Hospital on May 8, 2022. after managing the city’s response to the pandemic for more than two years

Robert Barr was in charge of the emergency operations center from the beginning of the pandemic in Juneau. He says now that people have the tools to calculate risk and have ways to combat the virus itself, it’s time to stop treating COVID-19 like an emergency. Now, public health officials and community healthcare providers will take on long term management of the pandemic.

. The hospital will bill insurance for those who have it, but officials say they won’t charge anyone out of pocket.

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