Brown calls out National Guard to help vaccination push
Efforts are underway to speed up the slow start to inoculate Oregonians against COVID-19.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is calling out the National Guard to help speed up the state's rocky start to vaccinating residents against the COVID-19 virus.
The troops will "provide vaccination support" at inoculation events beginning Tuesday, Brown said during a news briefing Friday, Jan. 8.
A clinic planned for this weekend in Salem hopes to vaccinate about 250 people per hour to buck up Oregon's slow start to inoculating the first groups against the virus. The first group eligible for the shots includes health care workers, first responders and residents in congregate living situations, such as nursing homes.