Oregon health care workers to get COVID vaccine or be tested
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â Oregon health care workers will be required to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing, Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday. Officials say the new rule will apply beginning Sept. 30 â giving time for employers to prepare for implementation and for unvaccinated health care workers to become fully vaccinated. âThe more contagious delta variant has changed everything. This new safety measure is necessary to stop delta from causing severe illness among our first line of defense: our doctors, nurses, medical students, and frontline health care workers,â Br...