Oregon requires COVID-19 vaccination for teachers, staff

By SARA CLINE and ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says all teachers, educators, support staff and volunteers in K-12 schools must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Hospitals across Oregon are near capacity, and some don’t even have any intensive care unit beds available. In the western Oregon town of Roseburg, a COVID-19 patient died in a hospital emergency department while waiting for an ICU bed. Teachers are the latest to be added to the growing statewide vaccine mandate, which also includes health care workers and state employees. They must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 or six weeks after a COVID-19 vaccine receives full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, whichever is later.