Unlike the order by Gov. Kate Brown last spring, this is a voluntary step that hospital administrators are taking to give themselves flexibility to be able to handle an influx of patients.
Only a handful of Oregon’s counties have met the metrics to allow in-person instruction since the Department of Education published its guidance on COVID-19 in mid-August.
Classrooms for younger students could open in many districts, including in Clackamas County, through lower benchmarks that measure whether schools may conduct in-person classes.
Oct 30, 2020
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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The decision by Good Shepherd Health Care System in Umatilla County upsets employees who feel they are being kept in the dark.
Oct 5, 2020
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Some agricultural laborers in Oregon continue to report insufficient access to personal protective equipment, a lack of social distancing at work sites and inconsistent access to COVID-19 testing./Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian/OregonLive
A study based on interviews with 200 workers found they lacked personal protective equipment, social distancing rules at work sites were lax and they had inconsistent access to COVID-19 tests.
Sep 23, 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 state does not recommend that anyone exposed to COVID-19 get tested even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its policy to recommend testing.
Sep 21, 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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