Erin Ross
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The governor hopes to have all seniors and educators vaccinated by early May.
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“My personal feeling is that seniors and frontline workers who are being exposed should get those vaccines,” said Portland teacher Beyoung Yu, “By doing this right now, we are doing it at a risk to the populations we serve.”
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There's still a lot up in the air, but now the real planning can start.
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The variant was first detected last month in the United Kingdom and has spread elsewhere, including the United States, starting with Colorado.
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People want to know: when are my parents gonna get vaccinated? Teachers? Me? Apologies, but it gets really complicated.
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The Oregon governor wants the state to vaccinate 12,000 people a day by the end of the next two weeks. “Let me be clear: we must vaccinate Oregonians as quickly as possible. Oregon families, schools, and businesses are counting on rapid vaccine distribution. We all are,” Gov. Kate Brown said in the statement.
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Oregon is once again being shorted on the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses it is receiving, state officials said Tuesday. Despite the setback, they announced new details on how the vaccine is being rolled out, including the inclusion of teachers among the essential workers who are being given a high-priority ranking to get vaccinated.
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What happened to Oregon’s 35,000 doses?
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The strain of the pandemic is reaching beyond hospital staff, to health care's second-line: people who conduct virus tests, lab workers, contact tracers who track the spread of the disease. There may not be enough people to do all the work that Oregon health officials say needs to be done.
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The state passed its thousandth coronavirus death Friday, and Gov. Kate Brown warned that hard days still lie ahead.
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Demand for testing has surged, and hospitals are being forced into tough decisions about how to prioritize.
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Oregon was largely spared by the global pandemic, but no longer. Cases mount as the state enacts the strictest social-distancing measures since April. With holidays rapidly approaching, we have answers to all of your questions: just how bad is it? How is this lockdown different from the last? Can I have Thanksgiving?