The popular statue of former Governor Tom McCall in Salem’s Riverfront Park, got a pandemic update(Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The number of Oregonians hospitalized with Covid is climbing, and health officials said current models forecast an alarming rise in new cases of the disease if Oregonians don’t slow the spread by[Read More…]
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Oregon to double Covid testing capacity with influx of tests from federal government
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) Oregon will soon receive tens of thousands of additional coronavirus tests weekly from the federal government, allowing the state to test far more[Read More…]