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 family members, but with safety protocols in place, no inmates have contracted the virus in jail since the pandemic began, an official said.
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Oregon’s hospitals are in crisis. Beds are filled with COVID-19 patients — more than ever before, and nearly all of them are unvaccinated. Health care workers are sounding the alarm that the current situation is untenable, but still forecast to get worse.
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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 of the vaccines, whichever is later, in an attempt to curb the sharp surge in cases of the COVID-19 delta variant that has led to recent record hospitalizations,
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150 Oregon National Guard members will be assigned to St. Charles hospitals starting Friday to assist in various non-clinical duties.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Culver City Unified School District plans to require all eligible students aged 12 and older to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by mid-November, the Southern California district announced this week. In a letter sent to families Tuesday, the district, located in Los Angeles County, said it would mandate vaccines for all eligible
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran, CNN Three US senators — Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and John Hickenlooper of Colorado — announced separately Thursday they have tested positive for Covid-19. All three have been vaccinated. King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, said in a statement that he
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The problems are piling up for the athletics programs for Bend-area high schools, specifically for their football teams. After a reported COVID-19 outbreak in the Bend and Mountain View football programs earlier this week, NewsChannel 21 learned of some other concerns coaches and athletic directors share heading into the season.
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The Les Schwab Amphitheater will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test at all concerts “in short order,” but still plans to only encourage, not require masks due to enforcement challenges, an official told Bend city councilors Wednesday night.
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Starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, 150 members of the Oregon National Guard will begin to arrive at the Guard Armory at 875 SW Simpson Avenue to prepare for their assignments at St. Charles’ hospitals.
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There are 11 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 44th death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,975, along with 2,139 new cases and a record 850 hospitalizations, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
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Less than two weeks after announcing a revamped, week-long downtown Bend Oktoberfest for late September, the surging rate of COVID-19 delta variant cases and resulting state restrictions have prompted the Downtown Bend Business Association to cancel this year’s event, a major fundraiser for the organization.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says all public, charter and private school teachers and staff must be fully vaccinated or else risk losing their jobs.
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Amid a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases, fueled by the delta variant, Deschutes County commissioners issued a statement Wednesday urging residents to get vaccinated and wear a mask in indoor public or crowded outdoor spaces and events.
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The 2021 Sisters Folk Festival, scheduled for Oct. 1-3, has announced updated health and safety protocol requirements for all attendees at this year’s event.
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Many overwhelmed hospitals, with no beds to offer, are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment.The delta variant of the virus, combined with low vaccination rates in many states,
Continue ReadingCNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September 21, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday, citing the Delta variant of the coronavirus. “In coordination with public health and medical experts, DHS continues working closely with
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There are 15 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,964, along with 2,941 cases and a record 838 hospitalizations the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Garth Brooks is canceling his remaining stadium tour dates in five cities due to rising COVID-19 cases. Brooks had said weeks ago that he would be reassessing the tour in light of the surge in cases. Tickets will be refunded for shows scheduled in Cincinnati; Charlotte, North Carolina; Baltimore;
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Portland Public Schools will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the 2021-22 school year, the district announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be offered this fall, subject to authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and sign off from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We are prepared to offer
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