Oregon Health Authority will ease some COVID-19 contact tracing requirements for Oregon schools. Under the updated guidelines, Oregon will no longer consider masked contact in K-12 settings, including school buses, to be an exposure, regardless of distance. OHA says changes are based on evidence that masking efforts in K-12 schools have worked well to minimize transmission, the majority of which has occurred following indoor, unmasked contact. Officials say it’s a "common-sense" change to contact tracing that will allow schools to focus on identifying high-risk, indoor, unmasked exposures. In addition, schools will no longer be required to report negative antigen test results to OHA. Reporting of positive antigen test results will still be required.