The Clatsop County Department of Public Health is now saying that because the Oregon Health Authority is doing so, the county will stop requiring individuals to wear masks when visiting public health offices beginning Monday, April 3.

The Oregon Health Authority is lifting its requirement for healthcare workers, patients and visitors in health care settings to wear face masks as COVID-19, RSV and seasonal Influenza infections have continued to decrease.

“We are committed to keeping people safe and preventing the further spread of these viruses,” said Jiancheng Huang, director of CLatsop County public health. “That means we will ask clients to wear a mask if they have any of the following symptoms:

• Fever or feeling feverish/chills
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Muscle or body aches
• Headaches
• Fatigue (tiredness)”

Clatsop County Public Health Department says that they insist on rescheduling (refuse) an appointment if a client refuses to comply with the face mask request.

“We appreciate the public’s understanding and cooperation,” Huang said.

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Jiancheng has been the Public Health Director in Clatsop County since July 2022. He comes to us from Oswego, New York, where he served as the Director of the Oswego County Health Department for 10 years.

During his tenure, the department won multiple awards for COVID response in 2021. Prior to his time in county public health, Jiancheng served as the director of the Maine Immunization Program where he changed the state from 41st to 14th in the nation for childhood vaccination rates.

He also served as an epidemiologist with the Maine Bureau of Health. Jiancheng earned his medical degree from Shanghai Second Medical University in Shanghai, China in 1987 and a master of science degree from Harvard School of Public Health in 1993.


--Ben Fisher

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