SALEM — Just hours before Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Friday night that he's open to requiring most city residents stay at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, state legislators debated whether such an order should be made statewide.
Top doctors from Oregon Health and Science University told the Legislature's coronavirus response committee Friday they would support such a move.
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