City of La Grande Extends Emergency Declaration
Specific Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, Breweries, Brewpubs, Wineries, Tasting Roomsand DistilleriesDistancing and Occupancy:Businesses must:• Review and implement General Guidance for Employers.• Limit the gathering capacity to a maximum of 250 people or the number of people, including staff, based on a determination of capacity (square footage/occupancy as specified below), whichever is less. Ensure compliance with…
Over 53,000 individuals across the nation are reported as recovered from COVID-19. Statewide confirmed cases have increased to 1,736, and COVID-19 related deaths have increased to 64. Union County remains at a total of four confirmed cases. Wallowa County remains at one confirmed case. Last evening, the Union County Incident Management Team held a virtual…
The Union County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a Resolution this morning to return Union County to Phase 2 COVID-19 Reopening Guidelines. After a brief discussion at the regularly scheduled meeting, the Resolution passed unanimously. Phase 2 Guidelines as well as the Resolution may be read at: http://union-county.org/county-returns-to-phase-2-covid-19-reopening/.
It is our highest priority to allow our citizens to go back to work while continuing to protect our health care providers, emergency responders, and vulnerable populations.
An individual is considered recovered once they are free from fever (without the use of fever-reducing medication), cough, shortness of breath, and diarrhea for 72 hours.
Union County Emergency Services hosted a COVID-19 vaccine education meeting on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. The initial presentation was geared toward a key audience of local police, fire, EMS, public health, public works and other essential government and nongovernment employees, but is being shared with the general public through the recorded session below. The presentation…