NOW
NOW ON
NOW ON AGW NEWS PILES OF EVIDENCE POLICE SAY THIS
HELPED THEM CATCH A PROLIFIC
METAL THIEF WHO'S CAUSED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
PLUS THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES TO
GET THROUGH TO OREGON'S
EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT. THE NUMBERS OF THE BUSY SIGNAL
AND THE OTHER ONES ARE
DISCONNECTED.
DISCONNECTED. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU'RE
ONE OF THE MANY TRYING TO RENEW
YOUR BENEFITS AND LATER DOGS
ARE GETTING COVID THE
NEW RESEARCH FROM WASHINGTON ON
HOW IT'S SPREAD FROM HUMANS TO
PETS.
PETS.
PETS. >>
PETS. >> FIRST AT 11, AN OREGON WOMAN
HAS DIED AFTER DEVELOPING A
BLOOD CLOT IN THE WEEKS AFTER
SHE GOT THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. NOW THE CDC AND OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT IF THE VACCINE CONTRIBUTED
TO HER DEATH.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. I'M LAURAL PORTER.
AS MIKE BENNER REPORTS, THE
NEWS COMES JUST AS A CDC IS SET
TO DECIDE IF PROVIDERS CAN
RESUME GIVING THE J.
>> J VACCINE.
FRIDAY IS A BIG DAY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON VACCINE.
A COMMITTEE THAT ADVISES THE
CDC WILL MEET TO DECIDE IF A
PAUSE IN PLACE SINCE APRIL 13TH
SHOULD BE LIFTED, MODIFIED OR
EXTENDED.
EXTENDED.
EXTENDED. ALL SIGNS POINT TO IT BEING
LIFTED.
LIFTED.
LIFTED. >> I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF
THEY JUST CANCEL I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DO THINK THAT THERE WILL
LIKELY BE SOME SORT OF WARNING
OR RESTRICTION OR RISK
ASSESSMENT.
ASSESSMENT. >> THE INITIAL PAUSE CAME WHEN
A HANDFUL OF WOMEN REPORTED
SERIOUS BLOOD CLOTS AFTER
RECEIVING THE SHOT ON THURSDAY
WE LEARNED OF AN OREGON WOMAN
IN HER 50S WHO DEVELOPED A
SERIOUS BLOOD CLOT IN
COMBINATION WITH VERY LOW
PLATELETS AND DIED AFTER HER
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SHOT.
>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
THIS TIME WE DO NOT KNOW
WHETHER THE OREGON WOMAN'S
DEATH IS RELATED TO THE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON VACCINE IF IT TURNS
OUT THE WOMAN'S DEATH IS
CONNECTED TO THE VACCINE.
DR. SHIMI, SHERIFF OF OREGON
HEALTH AUTHORITY, SAYS IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE HOW RARE IT
IS OF THE SEVEN AND A HALF
MILLION DOSES OF JMJ
ADMINISTERED ACROSS THE U.S.
ONLY SEVEN WOMEN HAVE DEVELOPED
SERIOUS BLOOD CLOTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DO HAVE TO
NOTE THAT NOT ALL OF THE CASES
DID RESULT IN DEATHS.
THIS IS AS TO OUR RECOGNITION
THE SECOND DEATH REPORTED SO
FAR SINCE THE INVESTIGATION
BEGAN.
BEGAN.
BEGAN. >>
BEGAN. >> IF YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME
RIGHT NOW WORRIED ABOUT THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE,
YOU GOT CHANCES ARE YOU'RE FINE
AND OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
OF CONCERN BUT FOR PEACE
OF MIND, DR. SHARIF SAYS KEEP
AN EYE OUT FOR THESE SYMPTOMS.
>> SEVERE AND UNUSUAL HEADACHE
OUTSIDE OF A GENERAL HEADACHE
HEADACHE SUFFERERS USUALLY
EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO
CERTAIN SYMPTOMS LIKE SHORTNESS
OF BREATH STROKE LIKE SYMPTOMS
,ABDOMINAL PAIN OR LEG PAIN.
>> USEFUL INFORMATION SEEING AS
THE JNJ VACCINE PAUSE MAY BE
LIFTED IN THE COMING HOURS.
>> IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE OREGON
WOMAN'S DEATH WILL COME UP AT
THE VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING FRIDAY.
MEETING FRIDAY. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
REPORTED HER DEATH.
WHEN IT DID, IT WASN'T TO
INSTILL FEAR IT WAS ALL ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY.
TRANSPARENCY. O.J. CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE ALL
OREGONIANS TO BOOK VACCINE
APPOITMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME
ELIGIBLE AND THAT INCLUDES THE
JMJ SHOT WHEN IT RESUMES.
>> I'M MIKE BENNER FOR KGW
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. MEANTIME, CASE NUMBERS CONTINUE
TO RISE IN OREGON.
THE STATE'S WEEKLY REPORT
ANNOUNCED FORTY SEVEN HUNDRED
NEW COVID CASES OVER THE WEEK
THAT STARTED APRIL 12.
THAT IS A TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT
JUMP OVER THE WEEK BEFORE TO
HELP VISUALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE COUNTRY WITH COVID
RIGHT NOW THE NEW YORK TIMES
HAS A MASSIVE TRACKING PROJECT.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
DIRECTOR PATRICK ALLEN
REFERENCED IT IN HIS WEEKLY
COVID UPDATE.
COVID UPDATE. >> BUT IF YOU TAKE A TWO WEEK
LOOK AT THIS AS THE NEW YORK
TIMES DOES WERE THE I BELIEVE
THE FOURTH HIGHEST STATE IN THE
COUNTRY FOR RATE OF GROWTH
OF OF CASES OVER THE TWO
PERIOD.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> ALLEN ALSO TOLD LAWMAKERS HE
EXPECTS GOV. KATE BROWN TO
ANNOUNCE HOW THE STATE WILL
COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
AND WHAT METRICS WILL NEED TO
BE MET FOR LIFE TO RETURN TO
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. HERE IS HOW THE VACCINATION
EFFORT IS GOING IN OUR REGION
MORE THAN A MILLION OREGONIANS
ARE FULLY VACCINATED ALMOST
TWENTY SIX PERCENT OF THE STATE
POPULATION ANOTHER 14 PERCENT
HAVE GOTTEN ONE OF THE TWO
DOSES.
DOSES.
DOSES. WASHINGTON HAS FULLY VACCINATED
MORE THAN TWENTY EIGHT PERCENT
OF ITS POPULATION MORE THAN TWO
POINT ONE MILLION PEOPLE MORE
THAN A MILLION MORE HAVE THEIR
FIRST DOSE DESPITE THE VACCINE
PROGRESS IN WASHINGTON, A STATE
IS SEEING A FOURTH WAVE
OF COVID CASES AND AN INCREASE
IN HOSPITALIZATIONS.
IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. ONE REASON NEW VARIANTS OF THE
VIRUS ARE SPREADING MORE
QUICKLY IN YOUNGER PEOPLE.
BUT THERE IS SOME ENCOURAGING
NEWS FEWER PEOPLE ARE ENDING UP
IN THE ICU BECAUSE OLDER, MORE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED.
BEEN VACCINATED. THAT HAS MADE AN UNBELIEVABLE
DIFFERENCE AND IF WE CONTINUE
TO RAPIDLY VACCINATE THIS
YOUNGER POPULATION THAT IS NOW
AT HIGHER RISK, WE WILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. THE BURDEN IS PLACED ON OUR
COMMUNITY AND IN FACT WE'LL GET
TO OPEN UP AND GO BACK TO A
MORE NORMAL STATE MUCH FASTER.
>> THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH IS INCREASING ITS
VACCINATION GOALS HOPING TO
GIVE 90000 SHOTS A DAY.
THE CURRENT AVERAGE IS AROUND
60 THOUSAND.
60 THOUSAND.