Governor Kate Brown held a press conference on Friday to discuss Oregon’s ongoing response to COVID-19. Representatives from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education joined her.
This comes after Oregon officials outlined a plan to accelerate the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Oregon’s plan to increase the slow rate of COVID-19 vaccinations to 12,000 a day depends on a new strategy to ease restrictions on who is eligible for the vaccine among the large number of long-term care workers and residents in the long-term care facility. the state.
The state approved those changes Tuesday, saying anyone in the so-called Phase 1a category “is eligible for vaccination at this point.” But the agency also said “to the extent that potential suppliers should follow the order in the plan.”
Officials for the past three weeks have vaccinations are limited to only a narrow subgroup, mainly of health workers staffing hospitals and emergency clinics, and residents and workers of nursing homes.
– The Oregonian / OregonLive