Tag COVID VACCINATION
Where and how to get a Covid vaccine in Salem
Sam Bereny, an EMT with Metro West Ambulance, holds 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) The number of Oregonians eligible for a Covid vaccine…
Thousands more Covid vaccines coming to Salem as state speeds up timeline
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…
Searching for a Covid vaccination in Portland? Try taking a road trip to Salem
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…
Hoping to improve vaccine equity, Oregon allows some Salem-area health centers to vaccinate all patients
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…
All adult Oregonians will be eligible for Covid vaccine by July 1, health officials say
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…
Icy weather frustrates vaccination effort for Salem seniors
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,…
Salem Health won’t get fresh Covid vaccines for fairgrounds clinic Feb. 8, frustrating effort to inoculate seniors
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,…
Older Oregonians faced one of the longest vaccine lines in the U.S. On Monday, some will finally be eligible
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…
PHOTOS: Inside Salem Health’s Covid vaccine clinic at the fairgrounds
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…