Older Utahns and those with underlying conditions should still get tested, Utah state epidemiologist Leisha Nolen advised.
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Gov. Spencer Cox at a news conference related to COVID-19 at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.The Cox administration on Friday announced they are recommending Utahns with COVID-19 symptoms not to get tested and instead stay home and isolate as the state faces a critical coronavirus testing shortage.
“If you’re elderly, we do recommend you still go get tested so that you can understand what your risk is,” she said. , exacerbated by the omicron variant. The state also reported on Thursday that 3,007 school-aged children had tested positive for the virus.He said the value of testing has changed because contact tracing with the current number of cases the state is facing is “virtually impossible.” Still, state officials expect a back-order of hundreds of thousands of new COVID-19 tests in the next week or two, according to Cox.
Despite the state’s record-high cases, Cox said he was more optimistic now than at any other point of the pandemic.
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