Crook County to enter lowest COVID risk category Friday
Will allow more capacity at restaurants, later hours and relaxation of other guidelines
Crook County has been approved to move into the lower risk category starting Friday March 12 for the next two-week cycle.
The total number of cases counted for this next two-week cycle is 22, which allows Crook County to move out of the high risk category into lower. This change allows businesses to continue to move to that next step of reopening. The lower risk category guidance can be found on the OHA COVID-19 web site at:
https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le3461.pdf
Vaccine outlook
Crook County health officials will follow the vaccination priority schedule developed by the state
Crook County health leaders have increased their COVID vaccination rates considerably since vaccines were first made available in late December.
Yet, like communities throughout the state, they are playing catchup as eligible people wanting vaccinations has outpaced the number of shots that can be administered. In the beginning, the state was allocating our weekly shipments based on the size of county, and we were only getting 100 doses a week, said Vicky Ryan, Crook County s emergency preparedness coordinator. Then, they changed that a few weeks back, and they are doing it based on how much we say we can administer. So, we are getting upwards of 700 doses a week, and we are supplying two of our local pharmacies (Bi-Mart and Clinic Pharmacy) doses as well as St. Charles clinic.
March 06 2021
Kate Brown said she got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to quell rumors and misinformation about the drug.
Gov. Kate Brown got her COVID-19 vaccination Saturday, March 6, at the Oregon Health and Science University Primary Care Clinic in Scappoose.
Dr. Joe Skariah gave Brown the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which was recently cleared for emergency use by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical panel. Oregon expects to get dozes of that vaccine along with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Brown said the state had vaccinated more than 1 million people and 20,000 doses each day.
In a statement released by Brown s office, the governor said she got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to quell rumors and misinformation about the drug. It was important to me to demonstrate today that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective, Brown said. Every week my office hears the question: If these vaccines are so safe, then why hasn t Kate Brown gotten one?
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