Tag: CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

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Woodburn drive-through testing event finds most people positive for Covid show no symptoms

A Covid-19 test swab is packaged up to be tested during a free drive-through testing clinic at Woodburn Ambulance Service on Tuesday, August 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] A mass coronavirus testing[Read More…]

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DATA: Marion, Polk counties heading in the right direction on Covid, but still far from reopening schools

PPE during a free drive-through testing clinic at Woodburn Ambulance Service on Tuesday, August 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Marion and Polk counties saw fewer new cases of Covid in the past[Read More…]

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Starting in Woodburn, Marion County works with community groups to expand Covid testing

Davalee Meade, a paramedic with Woodburn Ambulance Service administers a COVID-19 test to Daniel Nakayama, 22, during a free drive-through testing clinic on Tuesday, August 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Daniel Nakayama[Read More…]

More cash could be on its way for unemployed, but it’s not clear when

Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] An extra $300 for Oregonians receiving unemployment benefits will hopefully be on their way within a matter of weeks. David Gerstenfeld, acting director of the[Read More…]

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Mt. Angel nursing home, pie maker added to list of Covid outbreaks

An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Three long-term care facilities and two workplaces in Marion and Polk counties have reported new Covid outbreaks.[Read More…]

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A closer look at numbers springs Marion County from state watch list

Katrina Rothenberger, incident commander, sits for an interview in the COVID-19 incident command at the Marion County Health and Human Services office on Monday, July 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Some of[Read More…]

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DATA: Cases rise in Marion County after several weeks flat, but hospitalizations not increasing

Katrina Rothenberger, incident commander, stands in the COVID-19 incident command at the Marion County Health and Human Services office on Monday, July 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Marion County saw a sharp[Read More…]

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Gov. Brown says many Oregon schools won’t reopen until April unless Oregonians step up efforts to slow virus transmission

Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] This article was updated to include more information from Salem-Keizer. Most[Read More…]