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The pandemic has highlighted the need for better information about the provision of services to disadvantaged populations, advocates say.
The announcement ended suspense over a project first announced six months ago; Oregon is one of four states along or west of the Continental Divide that hasn’t adopted the technology.
The state announced Thursday that Oregon that none of the cases involved a variant and that most of the people who were fully vaccinated experienced no symptoms.
The Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday reported 481 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, as state officials released a tally of vaccine doses that have been discarded since inoculations began in December.
Under Senate Bill 719, “when questions are asked, unless there’s a reason not to, then information will be released,” says Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland.
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Developing the initial list, which likely will be fine-tuned later, is another step in the process of trying to keep the annual growth in health care spending below 3.4%.
Johnson & Johnson manufacturing error will short-change Oregon by 200,000-300,000 doses, but officials widen the expansion.
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Frontline workers and adults under 45 with chronic conditions will become eligible two weeks ahead of previous schedule.
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State officials say extra federal money has covered the extra cost so far, but that it may not be sufficient in the second half of this year.
The milestone comes as Oregon speeds up its vaccination expansion to include more demographic groups, with many frontline workers and people aged 16 to 44 with underlying conditions soon eligible.
