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Vaccination of Oregon K-12 educators and staff will start on January 23

Oregon Department of Education sent this bulletin at 01/12/2021 06:29 PM PST

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Governor Brown Announces: Vaccination of Oregon seniors––as well as child care providers and early learning and K-12 educators and staff––will start on January 23, when additional vaccine shipments are expected to begin arriving from the federal government.

Hello Superintendents,

As I shared in our meeting today, our response to COVID-19 shifts quickly at times in order to respond to changing circumstances. Shortly after our meeting this afternoon, Governor Brown updated the timeline for vaccinating educators.

The Governor's press release states, "Following today’s updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Governor Kate Brown announced that Oregon will be expanding COVID-19 vaccination to include all individuals age 65 and older. In addition, the federal government announced it would be releasing its full reserve of vaccines available to states, rather than holding some doses in storage. Vaccination of Oregon seniors––as well as child care providers and early learning and K-12 educators and staff––will start on January 23, when additional vaccine shipments are expected to begin arriving from the federal government."

This allows our local public health authorities and healthcare partners to begin vaccinations of school staff in short order. I will work with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Governor's Office to get you more information as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime and as I shared today, it would be valuable for you to:

Be prepared to prioritize your educator workforce
Reach out to your LPHA and healthcare providers to begin planning (consider working with your ESD and they can coordinate with the state and healthcare providers)
Watch for a possible survey from OHA to help prepare for distribution and local partnership development

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