COVID-19 vaccination clinics held in partnership with local school districts and community partners will abide by state guidance and allow 12- to 15-year-olds to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Â
Under state law, those 15 years of age and older do not need parental consent to receive the vaccine. Greater Albany Public Schools and Corvallis School District, who have both partnered with community partners for vaccine clinics, will abide by this state law.Â
Those ages 12-14 will require parental permission, also in line with state law.
Disney World may soon go mask free for the vaccinated.
The Pfizer vaccine will be available for children 12 and up.Â
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Linn County has recorded its 68th novel coronavirus death.
According to a report Wednesday by the Oregon Health Authority, a 67-year-old woman from Linn County died Monday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. The woman tested positive April 23, and the presence of underlying conditions still is being determined.
The woman was one of nine deaths in Wednesdayâs OHA report. Two of the deaths were from Jefferson County, with one apiece from Jackson, Crook, Lane, Malheur, Clackamas and Washington. The Jackson fatality was a 25-year-old man, while the Lane individual was 32.
Only 29 of Oregonâs 2,558 deaths have come from individuals younger than 40, according to the OHAâs database. More than 50% of the deaths, 1,318, have come from individuals 80 or older.
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