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Hawaii Grapples With How To Use Stockpile Of Rapid COVID-19 Tests - Honolulu Civil Beat
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Some 720,000 rapid COVID-19 tests nearing their official expiration date in March sit in a state warehouse.
The Hawaii Department of Health bought the rapid tests last fall to meet the needs of long-term care facilities after a federal allotment of the tests ran dry. Eventually, long-term care facilities received another type of test Abbott BinaxNOW tests sent to nursing homes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that do not require extra equipment to analyze results. That led to the current stockpile, according to DOH Spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
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Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center created a song contest where residents could submit their pieces, and win up to $100.
The goal of the COVID-19 lyric contest was to engage the community, explained Jacob Schafer, the Director of Infection Control at the health center.
“We had really a number of great entries of original song that we shared, really trying to rope in the community and that vocal institutional knowledge in helping develop culturally appropriate messaging,” he said.
Another cultural message Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center used, was urging people to not participate in cockfights -also known as “chicken derbies.”
“We have a lot of chicken derbies, and we talked about chicken derbies and how they can be super spreader events,” Schafer said.
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