OIOpublisher PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon will lift mask requirements for indoor public places and Oregon’s schools on March 19, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced today, as hospitalizations drop and are projected to reach levels…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Tillamook County COVID-19 Update – Feb. 18, 2022
Please note, Tillamook County Community Health Centers will be closed Monday February 21, 2022, in recognition of President’s Day. If you need to reach a provider on-call, call 503-842-3900. If you are…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 2/18/22 – Weather & COVID-19 Breakthrough Report
By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Friday, February 18, 2022, 09:30am Weather Well, Mother Nature will remind us after today that winter is not over just yet. It looks like the ridge…
Annual school Exclusion Day varies by county due to Omicron; Deadline for parents to provide kids’ vaccine records is Feb. 16 in all but seven counties
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Health Authority has allowed local public health authorities to set alternate dates this year by which parents must provide vaccine records for their children or be excluded from…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 2/15/22 – COVID-19 Community Update
By Gordon McCraw Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 09:00am Weather The weather for much of the rest of the week will be dominated by a high pressure ridge that will set over the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 2/11/22; OHA COVID-19 Breakthrough Report
By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Friday, February 11, 2022, 10:00am Weather Today and tomorrow look to be the nicest days in the string with the high pressure ridge hanging on for a…
Oregon will lift indoor mask requirements no later than March 31
State health officials will maintain masks for now due to high numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon will remove general mask requirements for indoor public places no later than March 31,…
OHA files permanent school mask, vaccination rules
EDITOR’S NOTE: There has been a lot of confusion about the OHA adopting “permanent” mask rules; these actions are necessary so that the agencies don’t have to keep updating “temporary” rules. When…
OHA updates recommendations for COVID-19 contact tracing, reduces reporting requirements in K-12 settings
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Health Authority (OHA) will release new COVID-19 contact tracing and notification recommendations for K-12 settings to lessen the overall burden of contact tracing on K-12 schools, while ensuring school staff…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: RECORD-SETTING REPORT – COVID-19 weekly cases surge, hospitalizations, deaths increase
OHA reported 47,272 new cases of COVID-19 during the week of Monday, Jan 3, through Sunday, Jan. 9 – six times higher than two weeks ago and three times higher than the previous pandemic record…