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We'll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Oregon identifies five more cases of U.K. variant Oregon health officials have identified five more cases of the more contagious, and possibly more deadly, COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K., bringing the state’s total to nine. Oregon Health Authority spokesman Tim Heider said the state will not release information about when or in which counties new cases of the strain were identified.  The variant, also called strain B.1.1.7, was first identified in...

Oregon remains outlier with no COVID contact tracing app, no firm timetable to launch program Updated Mar 07, 2021; Posted Mar 06, 2021 Apple Inc. and Google have helped more than a dozen states plan for exposure notification apps. (Dreamstime/TNS) TNS Facebook Share Oregon is one of just four states along or west of the continental divide that has yet to launch smartphone technology to aid in coronavirus contact tracing, leaving the state some two months behind schedule with no explanation from officials about the delay. Gov. Kate Brown announced Oregon would test the Exposure Notification...

We'll update this story throughout the day with the latest news about coronavirus and its effects in Oregon on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

The first day of registering did not go off without a hitch on Monday. Problems began with an unannounced change of registration start time and grew from there.

Oregon lacks targeted plan to ensure vulnerable seniors vaccinated amid expected ‘chaos,’ advocates say Updated Feb 06, 2021; Posted Feb 06, 2021 Sara Gardner, 82, pictured with her cat Kathy in her Sellwood condo. Gardner, who is a two time cancer survivor, doesn't expect to be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting Feb. 8. Facebook Share Sara Gardner spends her COVID-19 days in her Sellwood condo living a lonely life on repeat. The 82-year-old goes on walks, if it’s not too slick, and occasionally drives her 88-year-old neighbor to medical appointments. She moderates social med...