The designation means that indoor dining is banned and certain indoor businesses, like gyms and theaters, must close and indoor religious services are capped at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is smaller.
"Oregon has not seen an increase in the number of suicides for the first nine months of 2020 when compared to the same time period in 2019,” an Oregon Health Authority communications official said.
Dec 16, 2020
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Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases./National Institutes of Health
The nation's top infectious disease expert says he's reluctant to support a national mask mandate because that would mean that authorities would have to enforce it and that would be difficult to do.
Nov 19, 2020
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Oregon Health & Science University staff collect samples of 600 people a day at two mobile testing sites in the Portland area.
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The health center has offered more than 6,600 tests, with a positive rate of nearly 12%, more than double the state average.
Nov 9, 2020
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Health care workers at Providence Health wearing 3D printed face shields manufactured and donated by local makers.
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Jessica Guernsey, who was involved in protecting the public against previous outbreaks, will lead the county’s response to COVID-19 and focus on trying to reduce health care disparities.