Gov. Kate Brown details steps Oregon is taking to limit the spread of COVID-19 at a press conference in Portland on March 12, 2020 (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has called on Gov. Kate Brown to issue a shelter-in-place order requiring most businesses to[Read More…]
Tag: CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Oregon is running out of masks, gloves and gowns needed to protect health care workers from contracting the coronavirus
Pat Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority, announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Health care providers in Oregon[Read More…]
Uncategorized THE LATEST: Headlines from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
Downtown streets were unusually empty in the afternoon on Tuesday, March 17. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. This digest provides all-in-one-place access to reporting on the novel coronavirus outbreak. A[Read More…]
Uncategorized As school closure extends to six weeks, Salem-Keizer grapples with instruction, meals, graduation
Jared Vergara Santana, left, Evelyn Francis, right, Iris Johnson, right back and Lillyana Green, back left, work on newspaper articles at Hoover Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem-Keizer leaders are[Read More…]
Legislative panel tasked with coronavirus response presented with a bleak overview of the outbreak and possible responses
Oregon State Capitol FILE (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) DATE: 9/17/19 NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt daily life across Oregon, legislators had their first discussion on[Read More…]
Uncategorized Kaiser Permanente shuts down some clinics to free up space for sick patients
Rick Segal, left, and Carmelo Mejia, internal medicine doctors with Kaiser Permanente in Salem, type notes during a shift at Salem Free Clinic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Coronavirus economic advisory council examining every option in providing support to Oregonians
A sign in the window of Coin Jam on March 17, 2020 announcing a closure during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. A team of Oregon’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized Temporary hospital to be installed on state fairgrounds in Salem, governor says
Gov. Kate Brown details steps Oregon is taking to limit the spread of COVID-19 at a press conference in Portland on March 12, 2020. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. A temporary hospital[Read More…]
Uncategorized Day by day, life in Salem is changing as Oregon confronts coronavirus outbreak
Downtown streets Salem were unusually empty in the afternoon on Tuesday, March 17. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. People can now ride anywhere in Salem for free on[Read More…]
Uncategorized School closures in Salem, around Oregon, extended through April, governor orders
Shelli Dehut passes out free lunches to students at HOover Elementary School on March 16, 2020, the first day of a statewide public school closure. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a[Read More…]
