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THANKS, ROB. TOPPING YOUR NEWS AT 5:00 A.M.
OREGON IS MOVING UP ITS >>
COVID VACCINE TIMELINES
AND EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY
AND TODAY A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE
BECOME ELIGIBLE COUNTIES AT A
VACCINATED MOST OF THEIR
SENIORS.
SENIORS.
SENIORS. SIXTY FIVE AND OLDER CAN MOVE
UP TO THE NEXT GROUP THAT'S
FORTY FIVE AND OLDER
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND FRONT LINE WORKERS.
MARY AND CO. IS AMONG THOSE
MAKING THIS MOVE.
ALSO TODAY, SEASONAL
AND MIGRANT WORKERS WHO ARE
ALREADY ON THE JOB ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE VACCINE NOW THAT OREGON
IS SPEEDING UP ITS ROLLOUT
EVERYONE SIXTEEN AND OLDER
BECOMES ELIGIBLE BY MAY 1ST.
DIRECTOR PATRICK ALLEN SAYS
THAT COVERS ABOUT TWO MILLION
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. HE SAYS THERE WILL PROBABLY BE
ENOUGH DOSES AS >> WE'VE SEEN
BEFORE, WE KNOW THERE WILL BE
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC JAMS AS
DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY.
WE KNOW IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE
OF WEEKS TO GET THROUGH THE
SURGE BUT WE CAN KEEP PACE IF
WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND OR
MORE FIRST DOSES PER WEEK FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTING
IN EARLY APRIL AND CONTINUING
AT THAT RATE THROUGH THE SPRING
>> THIS WEEK OREGON WILL GET
ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO
THOUSAND DOSES.
THOUSAND DOSES. ALLEN SAID HE DOESN'T SEE A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
NEXT THREE WEEKS BUT >> HE'S
HOPEFUL THAT WILL CHANGE.
AND IT'S A BIG DAY IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THE ENTIRE STATE IS MOVING INTO
PHASE THREE OF REOPENING TODAY
SO THAT MEANS RESTAURANTS,
MOVIE THEATERS AND OTHER INDOOR
SPACES CAN INCREASE CAPACITY TO
FIFTY PERCENT LARGER INDOOR
VENUES CAN NOW HAVE UP TO FOUR
HUNDRED PEOPLE >> AS LONG AS
PEOPLE ARE MASKING IN SOCIAL
DISTANCING, FANS WILL ALSO BE
ALLOWED TO GO TO SPORTING
EVENTS AGAIN.
EVENTS AGAIN. WASHINGTON >> IS ALSO ALLOWING
INDOOR VISITS AT LONG TERM CARE
FACILITIES AS LONG AS VISITORS
AND RESIDENTS ARE FULLY
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. THAT REALLY IS WELCOME NEWS FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO SEE THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS FOR
UP TO A YEAR.
IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD NEWS FOR
ONE HUNDRED SIX YEAR OLD MARGIE
CONOVER.
CONOVER.
CONOVER. SHE SURVIVED HER SECOND
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. SHE AND HER SON ARE NOW FULLY
VACCINATED AND LAST WEEK THEY
WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GIVE EACH
OTHER A HUG SAFELY >>.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IT IN
WORDS HOW GREAT IT'S GOING TO
BE FOR YOU TO KISS YOUR YOUR
MOM AND YOUR GRANDPARENTS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS.
>> OREGAN ALSO ALLOWS A LIMITED
NUMBER OF VISITORS INTO NURSING
HOMES EXCEPT IN COUNTIES
CONSIDERED EXTREME RISK >>.
LET'S GET TO THREE THINGS TO
KNOW >> ABOUT COVID RIGHT NOW.
NUMBER ONE, ASTRAZENECA SAID
ITS VACCINE WAS SEVENTY NINE
PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
SYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. SHELA AND PARU TRIALS ARE
PAVING THE WAY FOR IT TO APPLY
FOR US APPROVAL, IT ADDED THE
VACCINE DEVELOPED WITH OXFORD
UNIVERSITY WAS ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT EFFECTIVE AGAINST
SEVERE OR CRITICAL DISEASE AS
WELL AS HOSPITALIZATION ACROSS
ALL AGE GROUPS NO.
TWO FROM SIX FEET TO THREE FEET
FOUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS.
THE CDC HOPES SHORTENING THE
DISTANCE WILL GIVE MORE SCHOOLS
THE SPACE THEY NEED TO
ACCOMMODATE IN PERSON LEARNING
.
.
. BUT
. BUT THERE ARE CAVEATS TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD.
EVERYONE STILL HAS TO WEAR
MASKS AND HAVE COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION AS HIGH STUDENTS
WILL GO BACK TO SIX FEET APART.
ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE TEACHERS
SHOULD STILL DISTANCE FROM
OTHER ADULTS AND STUDENTS.
>> BRINGS US TO NUMBER THREE
NEW RESEARCH FROM YALE
UNIVERSITY SHOWS OBESE COVID
PATIENTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
LIKELY TO REQUIRE ICU CARE.
THE STUDY SHOWED PATIENTS WITH
OBESITY WERE TWENTY SIX PERCENT
MORE LIKELY TO END UP IN THE
ICU THAN THOSE WITH A NORMAL
RANGE BODY MASS INDEX.
HOWEVER, OBESE PATIENTS DID NOT
HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF DYING
FROM COVID.
FROM COVID. THOSE ARE THREE THINGS TO KNOW
ABOUT COVID RIGHT NOW >>.
SOME OTHER >> NEWS NOW TALKING
ABOUT THE PORTLAND METRO AREA
FACING AN EPIDEMIC OF ILLEGAL
DUMPING THAT INCLUDES PILES
OF GARBAGE, DISCARDED FURNITURE
AND WASTE ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
THE QUESTION IS WHY HAS ONE
PUBLIC AGENCY METRO CUTBACK ON
CLEANUP CREWS?
CLEANUP CREWS? HERE'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
KYLE IBOSHI >> AT SOUTHEAST.
FIFTY SEVENTH AND POWELL
THERE'S A PROBLEM TRASH FECES,
NEEDLES, TIRES, TENTS.
I MEAN STUFFED ANIMALS.
THIS BUSY CORNER HAS BECOME AN
OPEN DUMPSITE.
OPEN DUMPSITE. BARBECUES.
BARBECUES. I MEAN WE CAN GO ON FOR HOURS
COUCHES, BEDS, PROPANE HEATERS,
LOTS OF BIKES SURROUNDING
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. NEIGHBORS FEEL HELPLESS BUT
IT'S BEEN MULTIPLYING.
IT'S GOTTEN HUGE OVER THE LAST
TWO MONTHS AND I'VE CALLED
EMAILED MY BOSS'S EMAIL PRETTY
SURE OUR OFFICE IN THE ADJACENT
OFFICE TOWERS HAVE COMPLAINED
ONCE A WEEK FOR ABOUT NINE TO
TEN MONTHS IF NOT MORE THAN
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> OVER THE PAST YEAR METRO HAS
RECEIVED MORE THAN 7000
COMPLAINTS ABOUT ILLEGAL
DUMPSITES IN THE TRI COUNTY
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. MOST OF THEM ARE IN PORTLAND
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
METRO'S RED PATROL SEEN HERE IN
SOME OLD VIDEO WOULD RESPOND TO
AN ILLEGAL DUMPSITE IN JUST A
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS. NOW IT TAKES MORE THAN A MONTH
SINCE OCTOBER THE NUMBER
OF SITES CLEANED BY REVD PATROL
HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHY METRO CUT ITS WORKFORCE IN
HALF WHEN IT STOPPED USING
INMATES TO CLEAN UP DUMPSITES
LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. PROGRAM MANAGERS SAY IT WAS
DECISION PROMPTED BY CONCERNS
OVER RACIAL EQUITY AND FAIR PAY
NOW FACING A HUGE BACKLOG
OF DUMPSITES, METROPIA LYNN
PETERSEN SAID THE REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT IS RAMPING UP THE
PROGRAM USING NON INMATE LABOR.
>> WE'RE STAFFING UP NOW TO
DEAL WITH THE CRISIS THAT WE
HAVE ON HAND >> IN JULY.
METRO HOPES TO TRIPLE THE
NUMBER OF CLEANUP CREWS FROM
TWO TO SIX AND >> WE HAVE A LOT
OF REOCCURRING SITES SO WE WILL
GET THEM CLEANED UP AND THEN
THEY BECOME A PROBLEM AGAIN >>
AT SOUTHEAST FIFTY SEVEN PAL
NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
ARE TIRED OF WAITING.
THIS DUMP SITE IS NOT HEALTHY
>> NEEDLES, BROKEN GLASS,
ROTTEN FOOD AND NEEDS TO BE
CLEANED UP.
CLEANED UP. IT'S REALLY ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE >> METRO
IS NOT ALONE IN THIS EFFORT.
NEARLY A DOZEN DIFFERENT
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE
INVOLVED IN TRASH CLEANUP.
RECENTLY PORTLAND MAYOR TED
WHEELER ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A
CLEAN AND GREEN INITIATIVE TO
STEP UP CLEANUP EFFORTS
CITYWIDE.
CITYWIDE.
CITYWIDE. KYLE IBOSHI KGW NEWS POLICE >>
ARE TRYING TO FIND THE PERSON
WHO DAMAGED ANCIENT KAFOURY IN
THE SABEEN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS HAPPENED LAST MONTH BY
NORTHEAST 12TH AND SHAVAR
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. SOMEONE POISONED A GIANT
SEQUOIA BY DRILLING HOLES INTO
ITS BASE.
ITS BASE.
ITS BASE. THE AUDUBON SOCIETY IS OFFERING
A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
IT'S >> NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE
TREE WILL SURVIVE OR NOT.
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO
DETERMINE WHETHER IT CAN
SURVIVE.
SURVIVE.
SURVIVE. BUT THE FACT SOMEBODY WOULD GO
ON THIS PROPERTY AND DRILL
HOLES AND INJECT POISON IS JUST
INCREDIBLY TROUBLING.
INCREDIBLY TROUBLING. IT'S REALLY UNFATHOMABLE
AND YOU KNOW FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE THIS IS A CRIME
AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT
AND THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. CONTACT >> THEM OR THE PORTLAND
POLICE BUREAU IF YOU KNOW
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. OK, CHECK THIS OUT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HAS CONFIRMED A SMALL TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR
ILWACO.
ILWACO.
ILWACO. THAT'S IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
WHERE THE COLUMBIA RIVER MEETS
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
THE WEATHER SERVICE IS SAYING
THIS IS THE FIRST CONFIRMED
TORNADO IN PACIFIC COUNTY SINCE
NINETEEN NINETY ONE.
IT WAS AN EF ZERO.
THAT'S THE WEAKEST OF THE
TORNADOES BUT STILL IT WAS
PACKING WINDS UP TO SIXTY FIVE
MILES AN HOUR BASED ON RADAR
DATA.
DATA.
DATA. IT
DATA. IT TRAVELED ABOUT FIVE