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Umatilla County has the lowest vaccination rate in Oregon

An unopened vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Deschutes County Public Health Department in Bend, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
Bradley W. Parks
An unopened vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Deschutes County Public Health Department in Bend, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Umatilla County has the lowest rate of COVID-19 vaccinations per capita in Oregon. County commissioners have argued they are not getting enough vaccine doses from the state, despite having high COVID-19 infection rates. Joseph Fiumara, public health director of Umatilla County, joins us to talk about the county’s vaccination rate.

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Samantha Matsumoto