Oregon health care workers must get COVID-19 shots or submit to weekly testing, governor says
Published Date: 8/4/2021
Source: The Oregonian
Oregon health care workers will have to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or face weekly testing, Gov. Kate Brown’s office said Wednesday, in an apparent step to fight the state’s run-away coronavirus case numbers fueled by the delta variant. The move comes amid a nationwide push to drive up vaccination rates, both for the general public and among health care workers in particular. Brown’s intervention effectively neutralizes an Oregon law that says employers can’t fire health care workers for not being vaccinated. Read more about this story at OregonLive.com: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/08/oregon-health-care-workers-must-get-covid-19-shots-or-submit-to-weekly-testing-governor-says.html • Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=oregoniannews • Get the latest news and more at The Oregonian/OregonLive: http://www.oregonlive.com/ • Subscribe to The Oregonian/OregonLive: https://www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/ • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oregonian • Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoregonian/ • Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoregonian/