Coronavirus Archives

Parents in Oregon, elsewhere get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules

August 21, 2021 3:41 pm The Associated Press

An Oregon school superintendent is telling parents they can get their children out of wearing masks by citing federal disability law. A pastor at a…

Louisiana sees ‘astronomical’ number of new Covid-19 cases, governor says

August 21, 2021 3:25 pm CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the continued spread of the more infectious Delta variant, health and elected officials warned that hospitals across the…

Australia suffers its worst day of Covid-19 pandemic as anti-lockdown protests flare

August 22, 2021 10:29 pm CNN Newsource

By Paul Devitt, Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN Thousands of protesters defied coronavirus lockdowns to hit the streets of Australia’s largest…

University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with university’s vaccine mandate

August 20, 2021 10:18 pm CNN Newsource

By Liam Reilly, CNN The University of Virginia has disenrolled 238 students for its fall semester on Friday for not complying with the…

OSU, UO to require vaccination proof to attend athletic events, school activities

August 20, 2021 5:48 pm KTVZ news sources

Oregon State University and the University of Oregon announced Friday that people attending designated university events and activities, including…

‘You feel like you failed’: COVID-19 outbreaks traced to Bend child care facility

August 20, 2021 11:46 am Carly Keenan

Ten days, at least, is how long children, teachers and families have to quarantine after a classroom is exposed to…

Full FDA approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is ‘imminent’, senior federal official says

August 20, 2021 4:05 pm CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is…

Culver schools will follow state mask, vaccine mandates, delay start of school 9 days

August 20, 2021 4:10 pm KTVZ news sources

The Culver School District superintendent informed families Friday that the district will reluctantly implement the state mask mandate for students…

Oregon reports 19 more COVID-19 related deaths, tops 3,000; 2,187 cases, record 866 hospitalizations

August 20, 2021 2:57 pm KTVZ news sources

There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including an 87-year-old Deschutes County man, raising the state’s death toll past the 3,000…

Records still falling: 19 COVID-19 related deaths, 2,971 new cases, 845 hospitalizations

August 19, 2021 4:09 pm KTVZ news sources

There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,994, the Oregon Health Authority reported…

Les Schwab Amphitheater to require vaccination proof or negative COVID test starting Aug. 29

August 20, 2021 12:00 pm KTVZ news sources

Saying it’s “committed to bringing concerts back in the best ways,” Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater announced Friday that it will be rolling out…

As Covid-19 hospitalizations increase, a greater number of Americans are deciding to get vaccinated

August 21, 2021 12:21 am CNN

CNN By Travis Caldwell and Dakin Andone, CNN With an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, more Americans have recently made the…

Newport corridor, other Bend road projects hit by COVID-19 delays

August 19, 2021 10:34 pm KTVZ News Team

A city official says completion of the new roundabout on Newport Avenue has been delayed due to COVID-related impacts, which also have affected the…

Six COVID-19 cases reported by Deschutes County Jail involve staff, family members

August 19, 2021 9:55 pm Barney Lerten

The Deschutes County Jail recently reported an outbreak of a half-dozen COVID-19 cases involving three staff members and three of the staff’s…

Frustration and anger in the St. Charles Bend ICU, overwhelmed with COVID patients

August 19, 2021 8:11 pm KTVZ news sources

Oregon’s hospitals are in crisis. Beds are filled with COVID-19 patients — more than ever before, and nearly all of them are unvaccinated.…

C.O. schools, nurses worry Gov. Brown’s vaccine mandate could cost them crucial staff

August 19, 2021 10:59 am KTVZ news sources, Leslie Cano

Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that all health care and school workers will have to be vaccinated by Oct. 18 or six weeks after full FDA approval…