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FIVE >>.
FIVE >>. THIS IS KGW NEWS AT FIVE OREGON
IS ROLLING OUT A NEW TIMELINE
FOR COVID-19 FACCINE
ELIGIBILITY.
ELIGIBILITY. HELLO FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO
KGW NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON
THIS FRIDAY.
THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
US.
US. OREGON GOV. KATE BROWN PUT OUT
A SCHEDULE TODAY SHOWING WHEN
EVERYONE IN THE STATE CAN START
APPLYING TO GET
COVERED VACCINES THEY STRETCH
THROUGH THE FIRST OF JULY KGW
PAT DOORIS REPORTS.
THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY SINCE DOCTORS
DISCOVERED FIRST COVID PATIENT
IN OREGON TODAY.
GOV. KATE BROWN SAID THE STATE
IS TURNING A CORNER.
FOR THE PAST >> THREE WEEKS
WE'VE SEEN OUR CASE COUNT
STEADILY DECLINE.
STEADILY DECLINE. OUR HOSPITALS HAVE MATCHED THAT
AND LAST WEEK WE REPORTED THE
LOWEST COVID-19 >> DEATHS SINCE
THE SUMMER AND THE POSITIVE
PERCENTAGE FOR COVID TEST IS
HOVERING AROUND THREE PERCENT.
ANOTHER GOOD SIGN WITH THAT IN
THE BACKGROUND THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD MOVE
FORWARD MAKING SIXTY FIVE YEAR
OLDS ELIGIBLE FOR COVID SHOTS.
THIS COMING MONDAY.
HER OTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WE
KNOW NOW THE LATEST EVERYBODY
ELSE IN THE STATE WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE MARCH
TWENTY NINE THOSE WHO ARE FORTY
FIVE AND ABOVE AND HAVE
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS
WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR COVID
VACCINATIONS.
VACCINATIONS. THOSE CONDITIONS ARE DEFINED BY
THE CDC AND INCLUDE CANCER TYPE
TWO DIABETES AND OBESITY.
NOTABLY THE LIST DOES NOT
INCLUDE >> SMOKERS CERTAIN
OTHERS LIKE FARM WORKERS, FOOD
PROCESSING WORKERS AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WILL
ALSO BE ELIGIBLE.
MARCH TWENTY THE NEXT GROUP
BECOMES ELIGIBLE MAY 1ST
AND INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE 16
AND OLDER WITH UNDERLYING
MEDICAL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT WORKERS,
ALSO BAR STAFF AND THOSE WHO
WORK IN RETAIL CONSTRUCTION
AND GOVERNMENT JOBS THAT CANNOT
WORK FROM HOME JUNE 1ST ANYONE
WHO IS FORTY FIVE AND OLDER CAN
GET THE SHOTS AND JULY 1ST
ANYONE SIXTEEN AND OLDER
QUALIFY OF OREGON HEALTH
DIRECTOR PATRICK ALLEN SAID IF
OREGON GETS THE VACCINE
SHIPMENTS HE EXPECTS WE'LL SEE
MANY MORE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS
AVAILABLE BY MID MARCH >> IF
OREGONS PRIME DOSE ALLOCATION
INCREASES TO APPROXIMATELY TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOSES PER
WEEK, OREGON WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
FIRST DOSES TO VACCINATE SEVEN
IN TEN ADULTS BY THE END
OF APRIL TWENTY TWENTY ONE
AND ALL ADULTS BY THE END
OF MAY TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
BUT ALLEN SAID UNTIL THEN IT
WILL BE ROUGH FOR SENIORS
TRYING TO GET APOINTMENT
AND NEITHER THE GOVERNOR NOR
ALLEN WOULD SUPPORT A PAUSE
WHICH WOULD PUSH BACK THE
ELIGIBILITY DATE FOR SIXTY FIVE
YEAR OLDS UNTIL MORSEY YEARS
GET THEIR SHOTS.
AND >> WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS
SCHEDULING CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE
WORKING TO FIX, IT JUST SEEMS
REALLY DIFFICULT TO GO BACK YET
AGAIN TO THOSE SAME SENIORS
AND SAY AND IT TURNS OUT THAT
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK EITHER
AND WE'LL GET BACK >> TO YOU
INSTEAD THE EXISTING ELIGIBLE
GROUP OF SENIORS WILL FACE
ADDED COMPETITION WHEN MONDAY.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
SIXTY FIVE YEAR OLDS ARE ADDED
STATEWIDE TO THE POOL IN
NORTHEAST PORTLAND.
NORTHEAST PORTLAND. PAT DOORIS KGW NEWS, OREGON
LEADERS KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING
SIGNING UP FOR A VACCINE HAS
BEEN FOR MANY OF YOU.
SO THEY'RE LAUNCHING A
NEW SYSTEM THEY
WILL
WILL MAKE
WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO GET APPOINTMENTS
AT THE OREGON CONVENTION CENTER
STARTING MONDAY.
STARTING MONDAY. THOSE ELIGIBLE IN THE TRI
COUNTY AREA WILL BE ABLE TO
REGISTER AT THIS IS A DIFFERENT
WEBSITE GET VACCINATED OREGONS
DOT GOV.
DOT GOV.
DOT GOV. YOU'LL NEED TO FILL OUT A
QUESTIONNAIRE TO DETERMINE IF
YOU'RE ELIGIBLE AND PROVIDE
SOME CONTACT INFORMATION.
NOW ONCE THAT'S ALL FILLED OUT
YOU'LL GET A PHONE CALL TO BOOK
AN APOINTMENT ONCE A VACCINE
DOSE IS AVAILABLE BUT THEY SAY
BE PATIENT.
BE PATIENT. THE PHONE CALL MAY NOT COME
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. WE >> FEEL LIKE THIS MOVE TO
THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL GREATLY
IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE
SOMEBODY GET AN APPOINTMENT.
WHAT IT WON'T DO IS IT WON'T
GUARANTEE >> THEM A VACCINE.
THE CHALLENGE WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE IS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR VACCINES THAN VACCINE
AVAILABLE >> AGAIN THIS IS ONLY
FOR THOSE IN WASHINGTON,
MULTNOMAH AND CLACKAMAS
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. YOU CAN ALSO CALL TWO ONE ONE
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET
ONLINE AND IF YOU HAVE MOBILITY
ISSUES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GO
TO THE PORTLAND AIRPORT SITE,
YOU'LL STILL USE THE OLD
SIGNUPS PORTAL THIS NEW SYSTEM
IS DESIGNED TO AVOID THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE GETTING ON THE
WEBSITE AT ONE TIME
AND CRASHING IT.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LATEST
VACCINATION NUMBERS.
VACCINATION NUMBERS. THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE VACCINATED IN OREGONS
SO FAR ALMOST 14 PERCENT
OF OREGONIANS HAVE RECEIVED ONE
DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
RELEASED TODAY.
RELEASED TODAY. THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE VACCINATED IN
WASHINGTON SO FAR ALMOST 13
PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE
HAVE RECEIVED ONE DOSE OF THE
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. THE US >> IS EXPECTED TO GET A
THIRD >> COVID VACCINE
AND ADVISORY PANEL TO THE FDA
IS RECOMMENDING EMERGENCY USE
OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. THE PANEL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN
FAVOR OF AUTHORIZATION.
THE FDA IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE RECOMMENDATION. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S VACCINE
IS A SINGLE SHOT AND CAN BE
STORED FOR THREE MONTHS AT
NORMAL REFRIGERATION
NORMAL REFRIGERATION TEMPERATURES IF IT GETS THE GO
AHEAD, IT WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE
18 YEARS AND OLDER NEW COVID
RISK LEVELS ARE NOW IN EFFECT
IN OREGON IN TOTAL, SIXTEEN
COUNTIES ARE SEEING
IMPROVEMENTS.
IMPROVEMENTS. THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE WE STAND
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THE BIG CHANGES INCLUDE
CLACKMAS AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. BOTH HAVE GONE FROM HIGH DOWN
>> TO MODERATE RISK.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY REMAINS AT
HIGH RISK.
HIGH RISK. MEANWHILE, MARION AND YAMHILL
COUNTIES HAVE MOVED FROM
EXTREME TO HIGH RISK.
THOSE NEW RESTRICTIONS MEAN
RESTAURANTS, BARS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES CAN HAVE UP TO 50
PERCENT CAPACITY.
PERCENT CAPACITY. JOE RAINERI JOINS US LIVE FROM
OREGON CITY WITH HOW RESTAURANT
OWNERS ARE REACTING TO THIS
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. AND
NEWS. AND JOE, THEY'VE JUST GOT TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE, LAURAL.
BUT SOME OF THE RESTAURANT
OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS I
SPOKE WITH EARLIER TODAY SAY
THEY'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD
BEFORE BUT THIS TIME THEY TELL
ME THEY'RE BEING CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC THAT SOON THEY'LL
EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE MORE
PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR SHOPS.
FOR JAKE JOY WHO'S ON THE
VERDICT BAR AND GRILL IN
DOWNTOWN OREGONS CITY FOR THE
LAST THREE YEARS AND WE'RE JUST
CAUTIOUS.
CAUTIOUS.
CAUTIOUS. WE'RE YOU KNOW IT THEY'VE BEEN
YO YOING US BACK AND FORTH.
SO WE'RE JUST I MEAN WE'RE
HAPPY WE'RE HAPPY TO BE OPEN.
WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
STAY OPEN.
STAY OPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THE
LAST YEAR WHERE HE'S BEEN DOWN
BUT NEVER COMPLETELY OUT.
I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO KEEP UP
THE SAME SANITARY PRACTICES
THAT WE'VE REALLY ALWAYS HAVE
BEEN.
BEEN.
BEEN. YOU
BEEN. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED
OURSELF IN BEING A CLEAN
ESTABLISHMENT >> STARTING
FRIDAY, BOTH WASHINGTON
AND CLACKAMAS COUNTY WERE MOVED
FROM THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY TO
THE MODERATE RISK MEANING BARS
AND RESTAURANTS CAN NOW OFFER
INDOOR DINING WITH UP TO 50
PERCENT CAPACITY.
PERCENT CAPACITY. GYMS, MOVIE THEATERS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES ALSO FALL UNDER THE
NEW RULES.
NEW RULES. FOR JAKE THIS COULDN'T HAVE
COME AT A BETTER TIME PUSHING
UP TO 15 20000 DURING THE
HISTORICAL FEBURARY ICE
AND SNOWSTORM.
AND SNOWSTORM. THEY LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO CLOSE
BECAUSE OF NO >> POWER.
WE ARE ACTUALLY SUPER THANKFUL
BECAUSE WE WERE FULLY BOOKED
FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND AND
LOSING POWER.
LOSING POWER. WE WERE UNABLE TO EVEN CALL
BACK OUR RESERVATIONS AND SO WE
WE SCURRIED TO TO TRY TO GET A
HOLD OF EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD
>>.
>>.
>>. NOW
>>. NOW >> TWO WEEKS LATER, MANY
BUSINESSES ON THIS BLOCK ARE
SEEING SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T
SEEN IN MONTHS >> YET HELPED US
QUITE A BIT.
WE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE
OVER ONE HUNDRED AND CAPACITY
SO BEING ABLE TO PUT FIFTY
BODIES IN HERE MINUS THE
EMPLOYEES OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG
HELP AND HOPE THIS IS >> THIS
IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED US TO
OPEN UP AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY
THE WEATHER STAYS GOOD FOR US
AND WE CAN UTILIZE THE INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE AND IT'LL BE
COMFORTABLE FOR OUR GUESTS
AND HOPING A LITTLE SUNSHINE
SHINING DOWN ON THEM WILL MEAN
GOOD THINGS TO COME.
>> NOW BOTH JAKE AND ROY WHO
YOU JUST HEARD FROM TELL ME
THEY'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ALL
DAY FROM PEOPLE ASKING THEM IF
THEY'RE OPEN TONIGHT AND FOR
THE WEEK AND OF COURSE THE
ANSWER IS YES AND THEY SAY THEY
ARE HOPING THOSE PHONE CALLS
MEANS MORE PEOPLE WILL BE
COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THEM OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
OF COURSE GOING FORWARD.
I LIVE IN OREGON CITY TONIGHT.
JOE RAINERI KGW NEWS.
WE CERTAINLY >> WISH THEM THE
BEST OF LUCK.
THANK JOE.
THANK JOE. NOW TO A SCARY SITUATION IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND POLICE SAY
SEVERAL BULLETS WERE FIRED INTO
A HOUSE AND ONE OF THEM HIT A
BED THAT A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WAS
SLEEPING IN THE PORTLAND POLICE
BUREAU SHARED THESE PHOTOS WITH
US AND YOU CAN SEE A BULLET
HOLE IN THE MATTRESS.
THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER 3:00
THIS MORNING ON SOUTHY 60 SIXTH
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. THREE OTHER PEOPLE WERE INSIDE
THE HOME AT THE TIME,