08 Mar Vaccine Updates: Eligibility for farmworkers, others by end of March

No later than March 29, agricultural and seafood workers, migrant and seasonal farmworker food processing workers, and those over 45 with one or more underlying health conditions, are among those who will be eligible for vaccination in Oregon. Learn More. (Spanish & English)

You are eligible now if you’re 65 and older or fit Phase A or Phase B criteria. Learn More. (Spanish & English)

Please keep in mind that once you are eligible, it will still take time to get vaccinated. 

Getting an appointment has been difficult and many people in Oregon are frustrated. Oregon knows this, too, so the Oregon Health Authority is changing its setting vaccine appointment system. As of March 1, eligible seniors can sign up with OHA’s vaccine notification system. Names picked at random each week will be notified when they can make an appointment. Learn more and sign up. (English & Spanish)

No computer? Call 211 or 1-866-698-6155 and an operator will help you.

How else can I make an appointment? Visit our updated FAQ page to learn more.

Washington County does not have any walk-in mass clinics yet and vaccine demand still exceeds supply nationwide. Let’s be patient, wear masks and continue to physically distance. We’ve put in a lot of work so far! Stay up to date this spring as vaccination updates and news will come fast!

Do you want to hear from a healthcare professional in the Latinx community?

Oregon Latinx Leadership Network (OLLN) hosted “La Vacuna y La Comunidad” town hall with Leda Garside, R.N., M.B.A., Clinical Nurse Manager & Cultural Liaison with OHSU’s Health Hillsboro Medical Center ¡Salud! Program. Leda has been a nurse for 25 years with a concentration in migrant health and has administered the vaccine to eligible Oregonians.

“It’s great! You have no idea how satisfactory it is to put an injection in somebody’s arm. I look forward to doing the same thing with many members of our Latino community!” 

See the presentation slides of the town hall to learn more about the vaccine. (Spanish & English)

Announcing New Vaccine: Johnson and Johnson’s single shot COVID-19 vaccine is FDA approved and arriving in Oregon. It’s important to remember that all of the vaccines are safe, and reported no hospitalizations or deaths during their clinical trials. Learn More. (Spanish & English)

Stay Informed: read our updated COVID-19 FAQ here.
Washington County Resources (Spanish & English)