SALEM â Over 1 million more people will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines in the next two upcoming eligibility phases, state officials said on Tuesday, March 16.
The groups to be added on March 29 and May 1 will nearly double the number of people eligible for vaccination. Like most states, Oregon is already struggling with the gap between vaccine eligibility and availability.
To date, there has only been enough vaccine available to inoculate less than half of the approximately 1.36 million Oregonians already eligible.
There are an estimated 2.8 million adults in Oregon out of a population of just under 4.3 million.
The numbers for the next eligibility groups have not been announced, but were provided by the Oregon Health Authority in response to a query by EO Media Group. OHA Director Pat Allen was scheduled to testify on the status of the stateâs vaccination program on Wednesday, March 18, before the House Subcommittee on COVID-19.
Oregon to nearly double vaccine eligibility despite availability woes
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