SALEM â The Oregon Health Authority will deploy vaccination vans to hard-to-reach communities as a way to eliminate the disparities created between those with easy access to COVID-19 vaccines and those facing barriers.
This comes at a time when daily case counts of COVID-19 have more than doubled in just over a month, Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon Health Authority state epidemiologist, said Friday at a press conference.
As of Friday, April 16, Oregon had 173,626 COVID-19 cases, Sidelinger said. On March 6 the seven-day average number of cases was 249, but now the daily average is 595 cases.
COVID-19 cases have increased more than 20% for each of the past three weeks, Sidelinger said. With such high case counts, more counties have shifted from lower risk levels to more restrictive levels. At the end of March, 28 counties were in the lower to moderate risk tiers. On Friday there were 22 counties listed as lower or moderate risk.
April 19 2021
Racial and rural disparities are the focus of a new state push to get doses in hard-to-reach places.
The Oregon Health Authority will deploy vaccination vans to hard-to-reach communities as a way to eliminate the disparities created between those with easy access to COVID-19 vaccines and those facing barriers.
This comes at a time when daily case counts of COVID-19 have more than doubled in just over a month, Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon Health Authority state epidemiologist, said during a Friday, April 16, press conference.
As of Friday, Oregon had 173,626 COVID-19 cases, Sidelinger said. On March 6 the seven-day average number of cases was 249, but now the daily average is 595 cases.
Deschutes County expands eligibility requirements and speeds ahead with vaccinations, while Oregon still lags behind other states On April 5, frontline workers and their families, people over 16 with underlying health conditions and people living in multigenerational homes become eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon. Deschutes County was one of 23 counties, including Crook and Jefferson, that expanded eligible groups ahead of the state. After gaining approval from the Oregon Health Authority, St. Charles Health System began sending invitations on March 31 to newly eligible Central Oregonians who pre-registered at centraloregoncovidvaccine.com. Last week, 3,000 members of this group deemed Phase 1B Group 7 in the state s vaccine rollout received their first shot at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center.
The Columbia River Rodeo Circuit Announces 2021 Schedule
Events are coming back and I know my family is excited to see some of their favorite events return. One of those events is the Columbia River Rodeo.
The CRC is returning and if you love bull riding and bull riders, this event is for you!
The Columbia River Rodeo Circuit (CRC) announced its plan to move forward with the 2021 rodeo season and finals. The RAM Columbia River Circuit and Finals Rodeo will cover 48 rodeos, including Co-Approvals, 6 XBulls with the Circuit Finals Rodeo.
According to the press release from the CRC, the Finals are returning to Redmond, OR at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center October 21-23, 2021. Tickets go on sale July 1, 2021.
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