Each of these seven prerequisites must be met before a county or region can enter Phase 1 of Reopening Oregon. While many of these prerequisites are set at the county level, some are set at the Health Region or Statewide level. Declining prevalence of COVID-19 (OHA detailed reference document: “The Three HealthSigns We Must See…
La Grande, Oregon – Today the Union County Incident Management Team conducted approximately 400 COVID-19 tests at a drive-through testing clinic in La Grande. Testing will continue tomorrow with the capacity for an additional 400-500 tests. Due to the high volume of testing, notifications will be made as quickly as possible. Results are anticipated to…
Although there is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person between people who are in close contact with one another through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has added six additional COVID-19 symptoms to its original list of fever, cough and shortness of breath. The additional symptoms are muscle pain, headache, chills, repeated shaking with chills, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell.
No new COVID-19 cases were reported today in Union County, keeping the total at four confirmed cases. Wallowa County remains at one confirmed case. The total number of cases in Oregon is 1,633. Wednesday, April 15, the public meeting regarding the local response to COVID-19 will be held. In order to respect social distancing, the…
Testing is available to those that have one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Testing is also available to those that have two of the following symptoms: fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, new loss of smell or taste, or sore throat