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Central Oregon Health Officials Urge Public To Stay Home

BEND, OR -- Central Oregon health officials held a briefing yesterday to update the public on the COVID-19 situation. The CEO of Saint Charles Joe Sluka says they have three objectives which is, protect caregivers, patients and the community. He says their strategies include prevention by everyone staying at home and containment by expanded testing. Doctor Jeff Absalon says testing is tightly restricted for the time being due to a shortage of test kits but he says they expect more tests to come on line within the next week.

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