Yesterday during a weekly vaccine update meeting, Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen shared that Oregon expects to get more COVID-19 doses from the federal government in the coming weeks, allowing eligibility to open up to everyone 16 and older by May 1. That is two months sooner than previously estimated.

“The state will continue to make equity the center of our vaccine distribution efforts, ensuring that seniors, people with underlying conditions, frontline workers, and the Oregonians most vulnerable to COVID-19 have the opportunity for vaccinations as soon as possible,” OHA stated in a Coronavirus Update on Wednesday.

Currently, Oregonians age 65 and older are being prioritized. No later than March 29, eligibility will open to:

• Adults 45–64 with one or more underlying health conditions with increased risk
• Migrant and seasonal farm workers
• Seafood and agricultural workers
• Food processing workers
• People living in low-income senior housing, senior congregate and independent living
• Individuals experiencing houselessness (sheltered and unsheltered)
• People currently displaced by wildfires
• Wildland firefighters
• Pregnant people 16 and older

For more information about qualifying underlying health conditions, view the state’s vaccine distribution plan, available in English and Spanish.