Federal Judge Refuses to Block Oregon Vaccine Mandate

Pharmacist Colleen Teevan reconstitutes the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine before having it administered to people at the Hartford Convention Center in Hartford, Conn., on Jan. 4, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge declined to halt Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Monday, greenlighting the mandates to kick in for health care workers, school employees, and some state workers.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon denied a motion for a temporary restraining order, becoming the first federal judge’s ruling in Oregon following at least three similar state court decisions, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported.