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Lane hospitals to receive Oregon COVID-19 vaccine later this week

Lane hospitals to receive Oregon COVID-19 vaccine later this week Jordyn Brown and Tracy Loew, Register-Guard How a new type of vaccine called mRNA is changing the game to prevent COVID-19 Replay Video UP NEXT The COVID-19 vaccination arrived in Oregon over the weekend, and Lane County hospitals will receive their first deliveries of it later this week.  There were 35,100 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Oregon, according to an Oregon Health Authority news release Monday. Of those, 10,725 will go to skilled nursing facilities for vaccinations scheduled to start next week. Legacy Health s locations in Portland and Tualatin were the first to get the vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. Legacy Health s Holladay Park site in Portland and Meridian Park site in Tualatin each received one package of 975 doses Monday morning.

County gets extra-cold freezer from university

December 15, 2020 County gets extra-cold freezer from university Linfield University has donated one of the freezers from its biology lab to Yamhill County Public Health for storing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine when it arrives. The vaccine must be kept in ultra-cold conditions, -70 degrees Celsius, which is colder than standard freezers can achieve. “We are grateful for the wonderful partner Linfield University has been throughout the COVID-19 event and their willingness to share this much needed asset,” said County Health and Human Services Director Lindsey Manfrin in a press release. “This is one more example of our great community working together.”

Coronavius updates Tuesday: Lane hospitals not among first Oregon COVID-19 vaccine recipients

Coronavius updates Tuesday: Over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 gets U.S. green light Register-Guard WASHINGTON The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn t require a prescription will soon be on U.S. store shelves. U.S. regulators Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test, which can be done entirely at home. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration represents another important though incremental step in efforts to expand testing options. Regulators granted emergency use for a similar home test last month, but that one needs a doctor’s prescription. The agency s action Tuesday allows sales in places like drugstores where a patient can buy it, swab their nose, run the test and find out their results in as little as 20 minutes,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, in a statement.

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