By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The superintendent of the Lincoln County School District warned parents this week to have daycare plans in place should the district need to close some or all of its schools because of the skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases affecting school employees. As the omicron variant of the virus sweeps through the county […]
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First of free monthly Lincoln County vaccination (and testing) clinics is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in Yachats
YACHATS – Lincoln County Public Health and medical volunteers are bringing a Covid-19 vaccine clinic to the Yachats pavilion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Yachats clinic will repeat the second Tuesday of February and March as well. The clinic will offer all three types of vaccines, booster shots for people who […]
Number of Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County quadrupled last week as health officials urge more caution and booster shots
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County health officials are urging residents to take more precautions to slow the surge of local omicron Covid-19 cases, which have quadrupled the past week. By Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Health Authority reported 140 new Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County this week, including 74 on Thursday. There were 404 cases in […]
Lincoln County reports 8th COVID-19 case Saturday, three days after similar case
Lincoln County Public Health on Saturday evening announced another person has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the county’s total to eight since March. The county said the newest case is a person in their 60s who had contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19. The seventh case announced Thursday was also said to be a […]
Lincoln County reports its seventh COVID-19 case Thursday
On the day that Lincoln County and its seven cities debated how and when to reopen businesses, restaurants and lodging, health department officials announced the county’s seventh positive case of COVID-19. The county said the newest case is a person in their 60s who did not have any known contact with a person confirmed to […]