Coronavirus in Oregon: Judge orders inmates be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines; 23 new deaths reported statewide
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
A judge on Tuesday ordered all inmates in the Oregon prison system to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP
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A judge on Tuesday ordered all inmates in the Oregon prison system to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations a move that should make prisoners immediately eligible for inoculation.
The preliminary injunction orders all Oregon Department of Corrections inmates be offered a vaccine as part of phase 1A, group 2, of Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination plan putting prison inmates in the same category as people living in nursing homes and other congregate care settings.
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Marcus Larson/News-Register##Guadalupe Najar receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue paramedic Jason Schurter with computer assistance from William Harmon during a recent vaccine clinic at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds.
Marcus Larson/News-Register##Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Marcus Larson/News-Register##Adult foster care provider Susan Faulkner checks in with volunteer nurse practitioner Rachel Woolley as part of the pre vaccine protocols.
Yamhill County has the capacity thanks in part to an abundance of volunteers to provide 4,000 to 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine a week, according to Health and Human Services Director Lindsey Manfrin. Because of supply constraints, however, the county is receiving roughly a tenth of that amount.
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,882 and the Oregon Health Authority reported 435 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19.
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,882 and the Oregon Health Authority reported 435 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19.