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'How are we going to get everybody home?'

School Safety Summit in Pendleton focuses on what happens after crisis

'How are we going to get everybody home?'

School Safety Summit in Pendleton focuses on what happens after crisis

Ben Carson to speak in Pendleton at Standing United Banquet

PENDLETON — The Hope With Options Pregnancy Care Center is hosting the Standing United 2022 Fall Fundraising Banquet at the Pendleton Convention Center on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Former U.S. Secretary

Umatilla County reports large uptick in COVID-19 vaccinations

UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County saw a sharp uptick in COVID-19 immunizations last week, as 2,559 county residents reportedly received the vaccine over a seven-day span between Jan. 22 and Jan. 29, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority. That’s the largest jump in inoculations since efforts began in the county in late December 2020. After health care workers began formally immunizing residents on Dec. 28, 2020, it took the county 18 days to report a higher total than last week’s, according to OHA data. In addition, 986 people have now received their second “booster” dose, fully immunizing them against coronavirus. Only four people in the county were reported as fully immunized against the virus two weeks before, according to OHA data as of Jan. 17.

St. Anthony Hospital kicks off community COVID-19 testing

PENDLETON — Cars filed into the Pendleton Convention Center on Monday, Feb. 1, for the first of a series of regularly scheduled community COVID-19 testing events hosted by St. Anthony Hospital and the Oregon Health Authority. “The goal of this is to increase testing in Umatilla County,” said Emily Smith, the director of communications for St. Anthony Hospital. Smith said the event aims to increase the number of tests administered in the county to help drive down the county’s test positivity rate — the percentage of positive tests out of the total number of tests issued. “Our percent positive rate is really high,” she said. “The hope is if we can get more people tested, and then more negative tests, it will bring that percentage down — and, of course, identify people who are positive so they can quarantine.”

Umatilla County health officials to begin immunizing educators against COVID-19 next week

Umatilla County health officials say the health department is scheduled to receive 700 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in time for clinics planned to vaccinate the first round of educators in the county. The outdoor events are planned to take place at the Pendleton Convention Center on Thursday, Jan. 28, and the parking lot of Hermiston High School on Friday, Jan. 29, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Residents from Phase 1a who have yet to receive the vaccine are also eligible to be immunized at the events, according to Joe Fiumara, the county’s public health director. “We are in communication with all school districts (including private schools) asking them to prioritize 25% of their staff to send to the events,” Fiumara said. “We ask that they prioritize based on special education and elementary educators, and those that work directly with children.”

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