Oregon’s COVID-19 testing capacity, an issue throughout pandemic, to see big boost in 2021

Medical offices re-open

A COVID-19 test occurring in Portland in a file photo. New testing capacity will be online in coming weeks at campuses in Eugene and Corvallis Beth Nakamura/Staff

Oregonians will see a significant increase in COVID-19 testing capacity in coming weeks as new or expanded labs come online at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University.

The $4.4 million lab projects, paid for with federal COVID-19 relief funds and other federal assistance approved by the Legislature in September, are projected to be operational in Corvallis by year’s end and in Eugene beginning in January.

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