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As the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads through Oregon, schools and businesses are scrambling to stay open with fewer healthy people. State health officials say the surge of infections will get worse before it gets better.
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More than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported Friday in Oregon. The latest modeling predicts cases from the omicron variant will peak in the state at the end of January with 30% more hospitalizations than during the spike from the delta variant.
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COVID-19 positive hospitalizations are up, while the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has remained relatively flat so far. Doctors say their core message hasn't changed: Get vaccinated or boosted to keep yourself out of the ICU.
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The state attributes the surge to the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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The CDC recently shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they contract COVID-19 but the state's public schools and universities are waiting to hear from the Oregon Health Authority on whether the state will adhere to that change.
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Oregon State University says it will likely require students and employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.
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The university announced on Monday that students, staff and faculty would be required to be a COVID-19 vaccine booster.
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Health officials are bracing for another surge in coronavirus cases.
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A key COVID-19 forecaster is warning that an omicron surge could peak with twice the number of Oregonians hospitalized as during the recent delta surge. Public health officials say getting booster shots to more older adults and other high-risk individuals in the next three weeks is critical to averting disaster — and offered the first details of a stepped up effort to distribute the shots.
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Researchers at OHSU emphasize importance of booster shots to fight the new variant that is fueling a rise in cases in Europe that could happen here in the coming month.
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The Oregon Health Authority will open a walk-in clinic at the Peachealth Riverbend Annex in Springfield.
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Public health officials in Lincoln County say testing of municipal wastewater there shows a high level of the virus that causes COVID-19.