News & Stories for Oregonians
The subvariant of Omicron called BA.2 is now the dominant strain of the COVID-19 virus in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). BA.2 is about 33% more contagious than BA.1 — the Omicron variant that caused the U.S.’s winter surge — and now represents more than 70% of […]
Effective Monday, April 4, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is changing how it reports information about COVID-19 to the public. Here are the major changes: OHA will no longer issue a daily media release about case numbers, hospitalizations or deaths. That information will be updated every weekday and published daily on OHA’s social media platforms. It […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a statement yesterday updating its COVID-19 vaccination guidelines to include a second booster dose for some adults, as well as for immunocompromised people age 12 and older. Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) statement on the new booster guidelines is here. All of the following booster doses can […]
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is looking for young people ages 15-19 to lead a Youth Advisory Council (YAC) that will decide how to spend $1 million to help youth and their communities and schools recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is part of a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to […]
La oleada de Ómicron ha pasado. El COVID-19 ha retrocedido. Debido a que los habitantes de Oregon se vacunaron, usaron cubrebocas y limitaron las reuniones en interiores más que en otros lugares, al estado le ha ido mejor que a gran parte de los Estados Unidos: Vidas salvadas: Las acciones que tomaron los habitantes de […]
The Omicron surge has passed. COVID-19 has receded. Because Oregonians got vaccinated, wore masks, and limited indoor gatherings more than people did in most other places, the state has fared better than much of the US: Lives saved: Actions Oregonians took to prevent the spread of COVID-19 saved an estimate of nearly 5,800 lives. Cases: […]
A partir del 12 de marzo de 2022, el rastreo de contactos y la cuarentena se pausarán para la población general en Oregón, incluso en K-12 y centros de cuidado infantil. Estas medidas se seguirán recomendando en centros de alto riesgo, incluida la atención médica, las cárceles y prisiones y los refugios. Por primera vez […]
El día de ayer, en rueda de prensa, el oficial de salud y epidemiólogo estatal del Oregon Health Authority, Dean Sidelinger, así como Colt Gill, director del Departamento de Educación de Oregon (ODE, por sus siglas en inglés), dieron algunos detalles sobre la nueva fase del plan de contención de la pandemia de COVID-19 en […]
Update (2/28/2022): Oregon’s mask mandates for schools and most indoor public settings will be lifted on March 12. No matter when Oregon’s indoor mask requirement is lifted, there are several places across the state where masks will still be required — health care settings. As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations trend downward, health care settings continue […]
Si bien las tasas de casos de COVID-19 están disminuyendo, las tasas actuales de hospitalización de Oregon siguen siendo altas, más de 1,000 por día. En respuesta a la presión que la variante Omicron ha ejercido sobre el sistema de atención médica del estado, la gobernadora Kate Brown solicitó a la Guardia Nacional de Oregon […]
