March In an effort to slow the rapid spread of coronavirus in Reagan – once again shutting down some businesses and banning social gatherings – Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced the most comprehensive set of restrictions since her March stay-home order.
It will limit all bar and rest restaurant rentals to withdrawals only, close all gyms, ban indoor and outdoor gatherings of more than six people from two different homes, limit capacity in grocery stories and pharmacies, and allow churches and faith groups indoors Will allow crowds to be included. More than 25
The statewide “freeze” during the Thanksgiving holiday will be effective next Wednesday and will last until December 2nd.
Some counties, including Multnomah County, are expected to remain in partial closure for significantly longer. Stability for Multnomah County, if not the entire metro area, will be at least four weeks.
“I want to be honest,” Brown said during a news conference Friday, noting that it would be difficult for everyone. “We are trying to prevent this vicious virus from spreading more quickly and far and save lives.”
These heavy bans come on a brutal weekend, where Reg Rego set a one-day record for a positive COVID-19 case, breaking new hospital admissions records and seeing the state’s tilt towards the Portland metro area for the first time. July.
The confluence of negative trends spurred action by Brown, who announced a week ago that Reagan Counties would be put on a two-week “pause” for social activities starting this Wednesday. Brown, plagued by an epidemic and a growing number of reginoids in the hospital, is now stepping up these controls and expanding them statewide – a clear acknowledgment that her original plan did not go far enough.
P Reagan has outperformed most states during the epidemic, and Brown’s announcement on Friday makes it one of the first this fall to re-restrict access to some industries. Brown and fellow West Coast governments. Jay Insley and Gavin News also warned on Friday that people traveling in any of the three states must self-immolate for 14 days if they must travel.
State epidemiologist and health officer Dr. Dean Sidlinger said the freeze was a “very difficult decision” and called on Oregonians to remedy “by doing so” or otherwise support businesses affected by the freeze. “They need our help more than ever,” he said.
While progress will not be easy, he said the sacrifices are crucial right now.
“Maybe we thought the fight was over, but it wasn’t.” “This is probably the most dangerous time in Oregon.”
Health officials said large and small social gatherings, including Halloween or house parties, were pushing the issue “up”. While they noted that eating at bars or restaurants is not a significant link to Oregon’s spike, health officials know that people who hang out with people outside their home are also more likely to go to bars and restaurants. Next cases.
The governor said she has asked Reagan State Superintendent of Police Terry Davy to work with local law enforcement agencies to determine how to enforce the ban on social gatherings.
Brown has so far been unwilling to take that step during the epidemic, but he said violators could now face testimonials, fines or arrests.
“At the moment, unfortunately, we have no other choice,” he said.
The recent rise of Reg Reagan – which has seen double the daily cases in just two weeks – has reduced the fall lender and set the fatigue of the Covid-19 set for many. Health experts have long said to expect a second wave of autumn and winter cases, and it has arrived: reg Reagan now averages more than 900 daily, while the nation is at an unprecedented peak of 150,000.
According to figures compiled by The New York Times and reviewed by Oregon / Reg ReganLive last week, the per capita case rate in Multnomah County surpassed any other West Coast county, which is the main city.
But there was a sharp rise in hospital admissions and cases of fear admissions will continue to rise, a key issue for Brown’s proceedings on Friday. The number of Oregonians hospitalized in COVID-19 early last week was a record 180; It is now 308.
The state, meanwhile, set a record with 42 casualties recorded last week, and November is on the verge of becoming Oregon’s worst.
Brown and Oregon University of Health and Science officials and the O Reagan Health Authority spoke in very sharp terms to describe the state’s COVID-19 situation.
As a record number of Reg Ragonia is infected, it will become more and more ill, seeking treatment in hospitals, straining doctors and nurses. Officials have called on community members to sacrifice their personal needs, such as spending time with family or friends, to maintain the hospital’s capacity.
However, regunion hospitals with COVID-19 contain only a small proportion of patients, especially in the autumn and winter months when more patients are traditionally cared for.
As of Friday, the state said only 15 intensive care unit beds are available in the Portland metro area, with alarming figures stating that people who are infected with the virus may now be weeks away from needing more aggressive care.
“Our dedicated frontline health care workers continue to risk their lives,” said Dr. OHSU’s Chief Medical Officer. Said Renee Edwards. “We are terribly close to printing them. Like many of us, they are bored, frustrated, and sad. “
The state modeling released on Friday did not exclude estimates of how many more reg regonios would become ill enough to be hospitalized or more dead, in how many weeks.
A key part of previous reports, the state used and calculated new software this week, but then decided not to include information about serious cases because it “doesn’t give us the right numbers,” Sedlinger told O Reganion / OregonLive.
Asked if the number of serious cases is too high or too low, he said he did not have the details but would investigate.
According to the modeling, cases of coronavirus have been identified, meanwhile, the current daily average may be close to 900 or it may reach 1,500 in the coming weeks.
Brown’s announced freeze somewhere between his latest “stop” plan and his statewide stay-home order has been in effect since March. Brown has long warned that he would impose sweeping sanctions if necessary. But he was reluctant to move too aggressively, as seen at the onset of the epidemic, for fear of ruining the economy and sending more reg regonics back to record unemployment.
The freeze will hit particularly hard gyms and restaurants.
“This would be disastrous,” said Katie Kors Nurse, chairman of the advisory board of the Independent Restaurant Alliance of Oregon and director of operations at two Portland locations in Thai Restaurant Hat Yai. “There will be a lot of restaurants that won’t survive even after two weeks of closure.”
Other mandatory closures apply to museums, outdoor recreation centers, reg Reagan Zoo, gardens, aquariums and other outdoor recreation sites. Confidence groups are closed to 25 attendees indoors or out of 50.
Brown also told employers to allow employees to work from home “as much as possible” and to close their office fees in public. Visits inside long-term care facilities will also be prohibited.
The governor’s order is less restrictive on retail than the one she issued last spring.
When he closed shopping malls and boutiques. The new threshold allows all stores and malls to remain open, although they limit business to occupy 75% capacity.
Grocery and retail stores are also at 75% of normal business levels, and the state encourages people to use curbside pickups whenever possible.
It is a high threshold that most retailers will hardly hit. Brown’s new order, however, could avoid some of the Black Friday madness associated with the kick-off of midnight and the holiday shopping season in general. It is not clear if any retailers planned such an event this year.
The National Federal Independent for Independent Business immediately condemned Brown’s order on Friday, noting that health officials in Reg Reagan are blaming social gatherings – not social preaching – for the unprecedented surge in cases.
Anthony Smith, director of NFIB Oregon, said in a written statement that there was no point in imposing further restrictions on businesses that provide safe, regulatory spaces to prevent businesses from engaging in economic and social activities in a scattered and socially isolated environment.
Brown acknowledged the possibility of a financial crisis. But Brown said he had no choice but to take this regulatory action despite the economic downturn, and called on federal legislators to resume the Blow 600 unemployment benefits for those who could lose hours or their jobs.
About the relief package, he said, “Now is the time for Congress to do this, and stop talking about it. The people of Reg Region can’t wait.”
The new freeze will not apply to barber shops, hair salons or homeless shelters. Outdoor recreation and sports programs, including pack-12 college football games, are also exempt. Similarly, childcare programs and K-12 schools are not included in the new freeze.
The new restrictions come as a holiday season and in some places may extend to Christmas. The counties, which are likely to stabilize for a long time, are nine that were initially identified in Brown’s ‘pause’ plan in the per capita case count, Sidlinger said.
These are Multnomah, Washington, DC, Ccmas, Marion, Jackson, Malheur, Umatila, Baker and Union Counties.
The governor acknowledged that it was an emotional time and that people could be forced to change plans for weeks.
But Brown noted that Thanksgiving should be different this year.
She and her husband Dan will organize their daughter and her money at their home.
“Ideally we would eat outside,” he said, adding that it may not have been possible at the time he added, and they ate inside wearing masks and socially bridging the gap.
While it may not be the same, he noted, the same action taken by all reg regonian people could save lives.
– Andrew Thin and Brad Schmidt
The report was contributed by staff writers Mike Rogow and Michael Russell
