Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It’s about to become a lot easier to get vaccinated against Covid in Salem. Gov. Kate Brown on Friday said Oregon would speed up the timeline for vaccinating frontline workers and adults under[Read More…]
Oregon National Guard member Carson Mather readies his vaccination station for the next vaccine recipient during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Southwest Portland resident Audrey Perino, 67, says she could barely sleep the three nights before March 1, the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Florinda Velasquez, 74, prepares to receive her second dose of Covid vaccine from medical assistant Ana Barcenas at Lancaster Family Health Center in southeast Salem on Thursday, March 4. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It was just before 4 p.m. on a recent afternoon and the parking lot at the Lancaster Family[Read More…]
Uncategorized Agnes Tsai 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) With the federal government increasing the expected supply of Covid vaccine, Oregon public health officials said they’ll accelerate the state’s inoculation plan. As[Read More…]
Uncategorized Judy Tedrow, 78, receives her first dose of the Moderna Covid vaccine at Salem Health’s Woodburn clinic on Thursday, Feb. 11 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Tens of thousands of Covid vaccines that were destined for Oregon this week are held up because of icy, snowy weather, making already scarce vaccination appointments[Read More…]
Uncategorized Agnes Tsai 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) For weeks, thousands of Salem’s oldest residents have waited for their turn to receive a Covid vaccine. Now, they’ll have to wait a[Read More…]
Uncategorized People wait in line outside of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Barbara Butzer planned to spend her first year of retirement traveling with her husband. Instead, the 65-year-old south Salem resident has been largely confined to her home since[Read More…]
Agnes Tsai 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) Thousands of Marion County residents are streaming through the Oregon State Fairgrounds each day for Covid vaccines. The clinic, which began on Jan.[Read More…]
Stranded motorists receive a Covid vaccine from Josephine County Public Health workers on Highway 199 outside of Cave Junction on Jan. 26 (Courtesy/Josephine County Public Health) One woman was so overcome with joy at the chance to get the coronavirus vaccine that her hands shook as she filled out the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Health began a Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds on Jan. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Despite scarce Covid vaccine supplies in Oregon and around the U.S., Salem Health and the Oregon Health Authority say they’ll have enough doses to vaccinate the thousands of people due for their second[Read More…]
