Pat Allen, Oregon Health Authority director, joins a daily standing meeting with the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems on Monday, April 20. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Allen held two daily meetings with the group but that has since been reduced to one. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)[Read More…]
Tag: CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
PHOTOS: Hard times on display as long lines form for $500 relief checks
A line of people wait to apply for a one-time $500 relief payment at the OnPoint Community Credit Union in West Salem on Thursday, August 20. At 4:45 p.m., with more than 175 people still in line, a credit union employee let those waiting know that OnPoint would be closing[Read More…]