By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Public Health announced another positive case of COVID-19 on Thursday – bringing to four the number of county residents infected and the third confirmed coronavirus case in three days. The county said the latest case is a person in their 30s who had no known contact with a confirmed […]
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Lincoln County resident confirmed as coronavirus victim, developed symptoms while traveling and now hospitalized outside of the county
A Lincoln County resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the Lincoln County Health Department announced Tuesday, but called it a “unique” case because the person developed the symptoms outside the county, had not been in the county recently and is now hospitalized elsewhere. The case brings Oregon’s total to 209 – 20 more on […]
Oregon official says state is quickly running through protective equipment for hospital workers
JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau Health care providers in Oregon are running out of protective masks, surgical gowns and other personal protective equipment that protects them from contracting the coronavirus. “I am deeply concerned that within the next short weeks we will have providers who need to treat patients without masks, without face shields and those […]
Hospital group urges “stay in place” order; governor says she’s not ready to do that
By JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has called on Gov. Kate Brown to issue a shelter-in-place order requiring most businesses to close and require Oregonians to hunker down in their homes during the coronavirus outbreak. “Yesterday, our board recommended that the governor take the strongest possible action when […]
Lincoln County schools scrambling to adapt to impact of closing schools for six weeks
Lincoln County School District administrators and staffers are scrambling to adjust to the state-ordered six-week shutdown of all schools – including how to figure out credits for graduating seniors to continuing to provide meals to its 5,500 students. Superintendent Karen Gray said Wednesday that while many issues are in flux, educators had this week […]