Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media)
Gov. Kate Brown and state health officials detailed a timeline for making Covid vaccines available to more Oregonians at a news conference Friday at 11 a.m.
Read our full coverage of the schedule and expected vaccination doses for Salem here.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reported those next in line will include people with some medical conditions, including cancer and Type 2 diabetes, who are 45 and older. Farm workers, food processing employees and homeless Oregonians would also be included and eligible for a shot by March 29.
Other frontline workers, including grocery store employees, would become eligible by May 1, as well as younger Oregonians with underlying health conditions.
Currently, health care workers, long-term care facility residents and employees, first responders, correctional employees, teachers, child care workers and Oregonians 70 and older are eligible to receive a vaccine. Oregonians 65-69 become eligible March 1.
The news conference will be streamed live on YouTube.
-Rachel Alexander
