Governor Kate Brown gave a press conference on Friday to discuss Oregon’s ongoing response to COVID-19. She was accompanied by representatives from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education.
This happened after Oregon officials outlined a plan to speed up the snail’s COVID-19 vaccination rate.
Oregon’s plan to increase the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations to 12,000 a day depends on a new strategy to loosen restrictions on who is eligible for the vaccine among the large number of health professionals and residents of long-term care facilities in the country. state.
The state authorized these changes on Tuesday, saying that anyone in the so-called Phase 1a category is “considered eligible for vaccine at this time”. But the agency also said that “as far as possible, providers should follow the sequence outlined in the Plan”.
Officers in the past three weeks have had vaccinations restricted to only a restricted subgroup, mainly of health workers working in hospitals and emergency care clinics and residents and nursing home workers.
– The Oregonian / OregonLive