All Oregonians seeking the COVID-19 vaccine can receive it without concerns about cost or liability for nurses, pharmacists or doctors administering the vaccine under highly-anticipated guidance Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and five state agencies issued on Wednesday.

The announcement comes nearly two weeks after Kotek and the governors of California, Washington and Hawaii formed the West Coast Health Alliance in early September. On Wednesday, the four-state alliance recommended that all adults and children concerned about the respiratory illness season can receive the Covid-19 vaccine and other common inoculations like the flu vaccine.

State agencies that license pharmacists, nurses and doctors and regulate insurers vowed in a joint press release alongside Kotek to make sure the vaccine was c

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