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Weâve reached the year mark in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was March 13, 2020 that Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced she was going to be closing down schools in an effort to minimize the spread of the virus. Within days, doors were slamming shut on all the usual activities around the Western Treasure Valley. Local places impacted were numerous and included churches, movie theaters the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Treasure Valley, sports seasons for colleges, universities and high schools, Friday night gatherings at a fish fry, visitors in hospitals, municipalities, including city halls and county courts, event centers and the list goes on. And by early April, the first local life was claimed to COVID-19.
For the first time, some Oregonians will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at their local Walmart or Bi-Mart. It’s an early example of how the arrival of a
Extreme weather blamed for COVID-19 vaccine shipment delays throughout Idaho, eastern Oregon The longer it takes the more impact it will have on our region, one Idaho health district said of the delay. Author: Katija Stjepovic (KTVB) Updated: 10:40 PM MST February 17, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Severe weather across the nation is causing shipment delays of the COVID-19 vaccine to Idaho, officials announced on Wednesday.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said that Moderna did not ship any COVID-19 vaccine to the state on Monday or Tuesday and Pfizer only shipped a limited amount of vaccine.
The impact of the shipment delays is being seen across the region.
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A local businessman says data in the Oregon Health Authorityâs most recent weekly outbreak report released Jan. 27 is misleading.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has been in full swing, OHA has been releasing weekly a list of active and resolved outbreaks in schools, child care facilities, senior and congregate living settings and workplaces for every county in Oregon. The Jan. 27 report was 77 pages long and had data from the following week up to Jan. 24. When Malheur County Health Department regurgitated numbers from the list in a news release on Thursday, the agency indicated three active outbreaks in Vale and three in Ontario, with the latter including two food processing facilities and the prison. At the same time, the news release stated that numbers and dates in the report were âno longer accurate in some cases.â
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Those who live or work in Malheur County and would like to get a COVID-19 vaccine are in luck if they are in phase 1a or the first subgroup of phase 1b which includes those connected to education. Vaccines will be distributed at no cost to the first 350 of those individuals who show up to the Four Rivers Cultural Center beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at Four Rivers Cultural Center.
Although the vaccines will be free, individuals with insurance are asked to bring insurance cards so that administration fees can be billed to their respective company.
Vaccines will be distributed until about 2 p.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis to those who qualify.