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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Governor says more restrictions possible if coronavirus doesn’t improve
Travel, other
restrictions possible
By Nick Budnick
Oregon Capital Bureau
With the spread of coro-
navirus in Oregon hold-
ing fairly steady, Gov. Kate
Brown on Friday said she
is prepared to impose new
restrictions if things don’t
improve.
Brown said, to has-
ten the opening of schools
around Oregon for in-person
instruction, she is prepared
to impose restrictions on
travel in and out of Oregon,
and potentially other restric-
tions too.
“IF WE CANNOT IMPROVE OUR TRAJECTORY OVER THE
REST OF THE MONTH, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NEED TO
ADD MORE RESTRICTIONS.”
—Gov. Kate Brown
Defending her past deci-
sions as a balancing act,
Brown said, “unfortunately,
it’s still not enough. Our
infection rate is still too high
to get all of our kids safely
back in classrooms at most
of our schools this fall.”
She said the current
infection rate is still way too
high.
“If we cannot improve
our trajectory over the rest
of the month,” she said,
“unfortunately I will need to
add more restrictions.”
Under the latest projec-
tions, she said, it looks to
be about 200 days before
schools can reopen for
classroom instruction. But
with significant improve-
ments that figure can be cut
as low as six weeks.
Oregon health officials
in the same press confer-
ence said the latest model-
ing report indicates the state
continues to hold steady
in transmission rates, with
each case of coronavirus
leading to one more.
That reproduction rate
needs to drop from 1 to 0.75,
they said.
However, Oregon Health
Authority Director Pat Allen
said he thinks the modeling
report is lagging the current
situation. He cited encourag-
ing signs in recent weeks that
he said show improvement,
such as a drop in confirmed
cases and in the rate of posi-
tive coronavirus tests.
File photo
Gov. Kate Brown.
Emergency relief check program funds fully dedicated, no new appointments to be made
Unprecedented program to
wind down starting today
Blue Mountain Eagle
As the states’ $500 Emergency
Relief Check Program entered
its third day Friday, state officials
announced all 70,000 available pay-
ments were distributed or dedicated to
Oregonians in need.
The program began winding down
Friday morning, according to a press
release from offices
of the House speaker
and Senate presi-
dent. Financial insti-
tutions participating
in this public-pri-
vate partnership had
a final funding allot-
ment cap for the day
House
and could not accept Speaker Tina
Kotek
new walk-in appli-
cations once they
reach the allotment cap. Previously
scheduled appointments will continue
through the end of the month, but new
appointments will not be made.
“I want to thank the financial
institutions that have stepped up in
an emergency and are continuing to
work so hard to get money into the
hands of desperate Oregonians,” Sen-
ate President Peter Courtney said.
“We’ve said from the beginning that
we know this is not enough money to
Oregon Capital Bureau file photo
Senate President Peter Courtney.
help all of those in need. But we had
to take action to get money directly
to people as quickly as possible and
this is a tremendous example of Ore-
gonians pitching in to help our most
vulnerable.”
“These last couple days have
put a spotlight on just how dire
the need is all across the state,”
House Speaker Tina Kotek said.
“We have to get more money to
help people. The federal govern-
ment has the ability to make direct
stimulus payments to Americans
whose lives are in jeopardy and are
not doing so. I find this incredibly
frustrating and disappointing.”
After two days, the program deliv-
ered funds to payments to nearly
40,000 eligible Oregonians in need.
On the first day of the program, 62%
of $500 payments went to zip codes
outside the Portland Metropolitan
Area.
“WE’VE SAID FROM
THE BEGINNING
THAT WE KNOW THIS
IS NOT ENOUGH
MONEY TO HELP ALL
OF THOSE IN NEED.
BUT WE HAD TO
TAKE ACTION TO GET
MONEY DIRECTLY
TO PEOPLE AS
QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND THIS
IS A TREMENDOUS
EXAMPLE OF
OREGONIANS
PITCHING IN TO
HELP OUR MOST
VULNERABLE.”
—Senate President Peter Courtney
The offices of the House speaker
and Senate president will follow up
with more detailed information and
data about the program as soon as it
is available, including which geo-
graphic locations were served.
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