Federal officials told Brown and Oregon Health Director Pat Allen that there had been a miscommunication.
Actually, no additional vaccine at all would be on its way. I thought I was losing my mind, Allen said, I went back and reviewed the actual C-SPAN video of Secretary Azar, and the words he used were releasing the entire supply. He talked about physical inventory. It was incredibly clear.
In response, Brown on Jan. 15 said the state would have to revise its priority list for the second time in one week.
The new rollout also underlined an already controversial decision by the governor to place teachers and staff above the elderly on the priority list.
Mass vaccination shelter opens at Oregon Convention Center January 20 2021
Health officials say 7,500 people a day can be vaccinated against COVID-19 when it is fully staffed.
A new mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on Wednesday, Jan. 20, with the combined forces of Kaiser Permanente, OHSU, Providence and Legacy Health.
Officials with each health care system held joint press conference to provide more details.
The mass vaccination center will ramp up to full capacity sometime next week when Providence, Legacy Health and OHSU arrive. But Kaiser Permanente began administering vaccines on Wednesday.
The vaccinations are free.
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Habitat for Humanity needs land
To the editor:Since 1995, Newberg Area Habitat for Humanity has built, renovated and repaired homes in Newberg, Dundee, Sherwood and St. Paul. Our communities have been tremendously supportive of our mission to build decent, safe affordable housing.We have a request: Our volunteers and homeowners are busily building a duplex on Fifth Street in Newberg. When this project is completed, likely in a few months, we will have exhausted our land supply. We need land.If you are a realtor, landowner, developer or homeowner with an extra parcel, we would love to speak with you. We are not looking for much. We typically build medium-density residential infill projects. We will happily discuss the potential benefits of selling to a nonprofit. Should you know of anything, please contact us. The lead you provide might help a deserving family moving into a home of their own. Thank you.