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Oregon speeds up COVID vaccine timeline to meet Biden’s May 1 target

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In The NewsOregon will speed up its COVID-19 vaccination timeline to make all adult residents 16 years and older eligible for a shot by May 1, the governor announced Friday. That’s the date President Joe Biden said .State health officials and Gov. Kate Brown previously balked at the president’s announcement, cheering his ambition while simultaneously to people before they materialized. The previous federal administration under Donald Trump made many empty promises in that regard.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen told OPB’s “Think Out Loud” on Wednesday that the federal government now for the agency to more confidently update its timeline.“It leaves us a little bit nervous,” Allen said. “To be fair, this administration has generally been pretty good about what it has assured us we will be able to see.”The state will also loosen its grip on the vaccine timeline slightly. Individual counties who finish vaccinating eligible groups quicker will be allowed to move onto the next group at their own pace. Counties must submit written notice to the OHA before doing so.The governor’s office also said migrant and seasonal farmworkers will also be eligible starting Monday in counties where they’ve already started working.The rest of the timeline goes as follows:THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Oregon’s revised schedule would allow all adults to start seeking appointments by President Biden’s target date. Inoculating all these people will take much longer.“Not every Oregonian will have a vaccination appointment waiting for them,” Allen said Friday. “It will take a while for supply to catch up to demand.”Sometime this summer, Oregon will be faced with what could be the next big vaccine obstacle: lots of and not enough arms. As of Friday, the state had fully vaccinated more than half a million people. Oregon will reach when between 70% and 80% of the state population has been vaccinated.Also Friday, Brown said the Oregon Department of Education and OHA are reviewing updated guidance from the CDC on .The CDC says elementary students need only keep a safe social distance of 3 feet. Same goes for middle and high school students in areas where COVID-19 is not spreading as easily. The CDC maintained its guidance of 6 feet social distance for middle and high school students in communities where COVID-19 is more prevalent.“School districts will still need to have conversations at the local level to update their plans for a return to in-person instruction and go through their own decision-making processes,” Brown said. “But I do hope this helps get even more of our kids back into classrooms.”The governor has by mid-April.Oregon has confirmed more than 160,000 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday. The disease has killed at least 2,353 people in Oregon.Watch the press event below.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Sign up to get important news and culture from around the Northwest, delivered to your inbox six days a week.COVID-19 has disrupted our lives for a year now. But we won't get past the pandemic until we achieve herd immunity to the disease. How do we get there?Health officials say all Oregoninians will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines on May 1. What happens after that initial demand for vaccine starts to wane?Oregon has managed to keep its case numbers and deaths extremely low compared to the rest of the country. But perversely that could create challenges for the state's recovery, because fewer people here are likely immune than in much of the rest of the U.S.Tags:&nbsp;, , Streaming NowMorning EditionOPB NewsKMHD

In The NewsOregon will speed up its COVID-19 vaccination timeline to make all adult residents 16 years and older eligible for a shot by May 1, the governor announced Friday. That’s the date President Joe Biden said .State health officials and Gov. Kate Brown previously balked at the president’s announcement, cheering his ambition while simultaneously to people before they materialized. The previous federal administration under Donald Trump made many empty promises in that regard.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen told OPB’s “Think Out Loud” on Wednesday...

Oregon speeds up COVID vaccine timeline to meet Biden’s May 1 target

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