Brown visits vaccination clinic at Oregon State Fairgrounds.

Kate Brown visited Salem Health’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds Wednesday.

Salem Health President Cheryl Wolfe said the hospital has given 11,000 vaccines since the clinic opened a week ago.

On Tuesday, Brown announced the state will soon open up vaccines to everyone age 65 or older, following new federal guidance.

Right now, the state is receiving roughly 50,000 vaccines per week, while there are about 800,000 Oregonians who are 65 or older or school staff, she said.

“At this point, there are not nearly enough vaccines available for that large a number of people, but we will be working with stakeholders to develop outreach and distribution plans so that we will be ready to begin vaccinating Oregonians with underlying health conditions as more vaccines become available,” Boyle said.