Jump in Gasoline Demand has Little Impact on Prices or Supplies
U.S. demand for gasoline shot up in the last week which would usually translate to fairly large gains in pump prices. However, most states including Oregon are seeing minimal increases. For the week, the national average for regular ticks up a penny to $2.40 a gallon. The Oregon average also adds a penny to $2.69.
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St. Charles says it has enough supply to vaccinate educators and seniors Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System vaccinated more than 3,000 K-12 educators and school staff at the new vaccination clinic at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center over the Jan. 23-24 weekend, Lisa Goodman, public information and government affairs officer for St. Charles told the
Source via email. This seems to have exceeded expectations. The large-scale clinic sought to vaccinate about 2,500 teachers, according to a press release from Deschutes County Jan. 21. People in Central Oregon age 75 and older are now also eligible to receive vaccines at the clinic, the County announced Jan. 25.
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Deschutes County gets state OK to begin vaccinating K-12 educators, staff
Expects to vaccinate 2,500 this weekend; child care providers, seniors to follow
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes County announced Thursday it has received approval from the Oregon Health Authority to begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to local K-12 educators and staff.
The approval signals the start of vaccine delivery to residents in Phase 1B of the state’s vaccine framework.
Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System said they expect to provide vaccines to 2,500 K-12 teachers this weekend.
The county and St. Charles are coordinating with local school districts and private schools to notify employees directly and provide instructions on how educators can schedule vaccine appointments online.
Starting next week, St. Charles Health System and Deschutes County plan to begin hosting vaccination clinics at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. The clinics will be available to individuals in the phase 1a group by appointment only. "We are preparing to move vaccine clinics to the fairgrounds so that we can safely vaccinate more people faster," said Dr. Jeff Absalon, chief physician executive for St. Charles. "We are going to be ready to deploy vaccine to our community. But we also acknowledge the vaccine is in very short supply. We are striving to get as many doses here as possible." In a press conference today, Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen announced changes to eligibility requirements for the vaccine: Vaccination of the 1a group including health care providers, first responders, medically fragile children and their caretakers and those with intellectual disabilities continues. It is the only group eligible for v