Gov. Kate Brown (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] ONTARIO – The unrelenting spread of the coronavirus in Malheur County prompted Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday to move the community back a level in[Read More…]
Tag: COVID IN SALEM
Uncategorized YOUR QUESTIONS: Is someone with an asymptomatic case of Covid still contagious?
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health Department,[Read More…]
Uncategorized YOUR QUESTIONS: How can in-home spread of Covid be prevented?
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health Department,[Read More…]
Uncategorized QUICK READ: County challenged to track sources of infection, care centers report more cases
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) Marion County’s coronavirus watch list review shows the challenge of figuring out where the virus is spreading Marion County epidemiologists have[Read More…]
Uncategorized DATA: Hospitalizations flat as virus cases grow in Marion, Polk counties
The popular statue of former Governor Tom McCall in Salem’s Riverfront Park, has become a photo destination after getting a pandemic update. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The Salem area is meeting four of five state public health metrics for controlling the spread of the coronavirus, according to updated data released Aug.[Read More…]
Uncategorized YOUR QUESTIONS: Can you get the virus again if you had it once?
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health[Read More…]
Uncategorized YOUR QUESTIONS: Does the virus live on surfaces?
NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health Department, Oregon[Read More…]
VIDEO: Why wear a face mask for Covid? Health expert explains
Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett puts on a face mask made by a neighbor on. (FILE – Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Virtually every person in Marion County is now required to wear a face mask or other covering when going indoors to restaurants, bars, stores and other indoor public places. Gov. Kate[Read More…]
