Oregon Public Broadcasting

The number of deaths and hospitalizations from the H1N1 virus continue to climb in Oregon. But as Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, the state has been told a relatively large shipment of vaccine should arrive by the end of the week.

Since September, about 750 Oregonians have been hospitalized with swine flu. 20 have died.

So far, vaccine has trickled into the state with only enough to inoculate one-out-of-ten people in the priority group.

But Dr. Sean Schaefer, with the Department of Health, says 130,000 more doses are expected by the end of the week.

When counties do receive vaccine, clinics are often swamped.

At a community center in Cottage Grove this week, hundreds of people were given numbered tickets when they arrive early. But the idea hadn't been cleared with public health officials and most tickets weren't honored.