Tag COVID IN SALEM
EXCLUSIVE: Video recruiting for unvaccinated medical workers brings storm to Salem care operation
Avi Singh draws up a dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A video created by a Salem recruiter for a regional nursing home chain is going viral because she…
EXCLUSIVE: “There’s no cavalry to come save us”: Salem-area hospital workers exhausted as Covid patients fill beds
Sam Bereny, an EMT at Metro West Ambulance, administers a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On Friday morning, Salem Hospital passed a grim threshold.…
Covid quick facts: what you need to know in Salem
Andrea Davila, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente North Lancaster clinic administers a test for COVID-19 at the clinic’s drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) From new mask rules in school to climbing hospitalizations, Covid is again shaping life in Salem.…
With rise of Delta variant, more people in Salem again hospitalized with Covid
Viviana Gourley, medical assistant at Salud Medical Center, waits between patients at the center’s Covid testing area on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Less than a month after Oregon rolled back nearly all of its pandemic restrictions, more Salem residents are catching Covid and…
Short of details, public officials could only watch as church Covid outbreak unfolded
A tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Health Authority took nearly a month to verify and disclose what is so far the largest workplace outbreak of Covid reported in 2021 at Peoples Church…
A Salem community health worker quietly helps an overlooked community navigate the pandemic
Kapiolani Micky stands outside of her Salem home with daughter Jaci, 21, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Micky’s search to access resources for Jaci is what lead her to pursue work as a community health worker. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) With one sleeve rolled up on…
Peoples Church in northeast Salem tied to one of Oregon’s largest Covid outbreaks
Pastor Scott Erickson stands in front of a tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem church is the site of one of Oregon’s largest newly reported Covid outbreaks, which has sickened 74 people, including…
“Covid fatigue” among younger, unvaccinated people driving Salem-area case increases
Austin Griffith, a medic with Woodburn Ambulance Service, administers a Covid test during a free drive-through testing clinic on Tuesday, Aug. 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Health officials in Marion and Polk counties know that Covid cases are rising but often don’t know where people are…
Readers weigh in on getting a Covid vaccine in Salem
Vaccine recipients wait in Columbia Hall for 15 minutes following their vaccination during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As vaccine supplies expand, more Salem area residents are becoming eligible to get their shots. We…