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Posted on: July 6, 2021

County Testing Sites Now Offer BinaxNOW ‘Rapid’ Tests

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The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is now offering BinaxNOW “rapid” antigen testing at all DHS testing sites.

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⇐Previous First-in-the-Nation Measures to Encourage State Employees and Health Care Workers to Get Vaccinated Next⇒ Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Expedite Cal/OSHA’s Revised Workplace Masking Guidance

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