Skip to Article Set weather Back To Main Menu Close Customize Your Weather Set Your Location: Enter City and State or Zip Code Submit Subscribe Coronavirus Updated: Feb. 07, 2022, 4:34 p.m. | Published: Feb. 07, 2022, 2:35 p.m. Portland high school students enter their school, masked and ready for full-time in-person learning. Key words: Oregon school COVID Beth Conyers / Portland Public Schools 1,422 shares By Fedor Zarkhin | The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon health officials will end the mask mandate for indoor public places and schools no later than March 31, and might do so earlier if COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to around 400 occupied beds, the Oregon Health Authority said Monday. “The evidence from Oregon and around the country is clear: masks save lives by slowing the spread of COVID-19,” state epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said in a statement. “We should see COVID-19 hospit...