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Doctors respond to historic first doses of vaccine landing in Oregon
Two legacy health hospitals in the Portland area were the first to get the vaccine this morning.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 8:02 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 11:30 AM
Posted By: Emma Jerome
EUGENE, Ore. Help has arrived in the fight against coronavirus.
More than 35,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Oregon Monday, putting us well on our way to reach Gov. Kate Brown s goal of having 100,000 people vaccinated by the end of the month.
Two legacy health hospitals in the Portland area were the first to get the vaccine this morning. They each received 975 doses. By tomorrow, about 5,000 doses will have been delivered to Portland area hospitals.
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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.