Crook County businesses that were forced to close because of state COVID restrictions will be allowed to reopen Friday with limitations. The Crook County Health Department announced the county is moving from the Extreme Risk Category to the High Risk Category on Friday February 26th for the next 2 week cycle. The next 2 week cycle spans from 12:01 AM Friday February 26th to Midnight Thursday March 11th.
The total number of cases counted for this next 2-week cycle is 46, which allows Crook County to move out of the Extreme Risk Category into High. This change allows businesses to move to that next step of reopening. The Oregon Health Authority and the Governor’s office will continue to monitor the case counts in order to determine risk levels for future 2 week cycles.
The High-Risk Category guidance can be found on the OHA COVID-19 website at:
What this means for some business, such as restaurants and bars is that they will be able to open to indoor dining – although restrictions still apply around social distancing and capacity, many are excited to see this positive movement.
Crook County is moving in the right direction and the change in risk level for Crook County indicates that everyone has worked hard to protect themselves and others from exposure to COVID-19 and this has kept our case count lower than it has been for some time.
The Crook County Health Department is actively administering the COVID vaccine to our community using the approved list of groups that the Governor’s office and OHA has released. As additional groups become eligible the health department will continue to do public vaccination clinics at the Crook County Fairgrounds. The clinic is by appointment only and once your group becomes eligible you will be able to schedule an appointment using an online scheduler.
The Crook County Health Department is posting daily updates on the web site to indicate which group is
currently eligible for vaccination and a potential timeline of when others can start scheduling. Please
visit the website regularly to get updates. What’s available on the website?
