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‘Trib Talk’: Coronavirus hot spots and testing issues in Utah

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Department of Health suits up as it prepares to test staff of West Jordan Care Center for the coronavirus on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The testing is part of a plan to test staff at all long-term care facilities, with centers for memory patients and the intellectually disabled receiving priority.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Department of Health suits up as it prepares to test staff of West Jordan Care Center for the coronavirus on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The testing is part of a plan to test staff at all long-term care facilities, with centers for memory patients and the intellectually disabled receiving priority.

By https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/sltrib/9fd40532-0f08-4ba8-bb16-24927c9aed74.png Sara Weber
 | June 23, 2020, 10:34 a.m.
| Updated: 2:27 p.m.

New cases of the coronavirus in Utah are rising again. Last Friday, state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn issued a memo to Utah health officials that said, “We are quickly getting to a point where the only viable option to manage spread and deaths will be a complete shutdown.”

On the latest episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporters Erin Alberty and Nate Carlisle and Navajo Times reporter Arlyssa Becenti gave the latest on coronavirus hot spots and testing issues in Utah and the Navajo Nation.

You can watch the discussion on Facebook and Youtube and listen to the audio on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and Soundcloud.

“Trib Talk” is produced by Jeni Fitzgibbon and Sara Weber.

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