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ONTARIO, Oregon â On Thursday, Malheur County Health Department is holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario and will be giving out a $20 gift card to the first 250 people that want to get the vaccine.
Officials with the health department said the current vaccination rates in the county are falling short compared to other counties in the state.
âWe also have the approval to use some of our COVID funding for incentives. We thought it was a way to support local businesses and hopefully get some people that have been a little more hesitant,â said Sarah Poe, Director for the Malheur County Health Department
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Updated: 11:30 AM PDT May 19, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. About 49% of Oregon s population has had at least one dose of COVID vaccine, but some counties are struggling to boost demand beyond much lower numbers.
Joseph Fiumara is the public health director of Umatilla County, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the state. Oregon Health Authority data shows 26% of Umatilla County s total population has received at least one shot. That comes out to 33%-36% of its eligible population. [There s] a reluctance to receive it, or straight up opposition, Fiumara explained.
He said the numbers are likely a little higher due to gaps in reporting. A number of Umatilla County residents receive health care at the Walla Walla VA or in Tri-Cities, Washington. Vaccination numbers on Indian reservations also bypassed the county and state, getting sent directly to the federal government.
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