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In The NewsAnother week and another big promise from the Biden administration has Oregon speeding up its coronavirus vaccine timeline once again.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Friday morning that frontline workers, , and all adults 16 and older with underlying health conditions will be eligible for vaccine appointments starting April 5. That’s a full two weeks earlier than the previous timeline, . All Oregon adults will be eligible for vaccines by May 1.All Oregon adults will be eligible for vaccines by May 1, but counties can apply to start vaccinating the general public sooner. Approved counties can start vaccinating all Oregonians 16 and older as soon as April 26.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Miles Eshaia, with the, said it’s only fair grocery workers get quick access to the vaccine. “This is a step in the right direction because essential employees have been on the frontline of this pandemic the entire time,” said Eshaia.The announcement comes after President Joe Biden said .“With so many counties across Oregon ready to begin the next phases of vaccination, I am accelerating our vaccination timelines statewide rather than proceeding county-by-county,” Brown said in a press release.Twenty-two counties wrote to the Oregon Health Authority in the past week, saying that they’d largely finished vaccinating all seniors who wanted shots. That allowed those counties to move onto the next priority group — which includes adults 45 and older with underlying health conditions, pregnant people, people experiencing homelessness and others — ahead of schedule.OHA Director Patrick Allen said that by June, the state wants to inoculate all Oregon adults who want the vaccine.Oregon had fully vaccinated 14% of its population as of Friday. Two-thirds of Oregon seniors are fully vaccinated; the state ranks 35th in the nation for vaccinating seniors. Oregon has reported nearly 163,000 cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of 2,370 people.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.A spokesman for the Oregon Health Authority says “a glitch” led the agency to invite people who aren’t yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination to schedule an appointment this week.As of Tuesday, 20 Oregon counties will be able to give vaccines to farmworkers, people who are unsheltered and other vulnerable populations ahead of the statewide timeline for distribution.Tags:&nbsp;, , , , , Streaming NowAll Things ConsideredOPB NewsKMHD

In The NewsAnother week and another big promise from the Biden administration has Oregon speeding up its coronavirus vaccine timeline once again.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Friday morning that frontline workers, , and all adults 16 and older with underlying health conditions will be eligible for vaccine appointments starting April 5. That’s a full two weeks earlier than the previous timeline, . All Oregon adults will be eligible for vaccines by May 1.All Oregon adults will be eligible for vaccines by May 1, but counties can apply to start vaccinating the general...

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