Portland officials encouraged residents to thank health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic by cheering every night from their homes at 7 p.m.

The citywide recognition began Friday, following a global trend where people go out onto their balconies, open their windows or stand at their open front doors and make noise to honor and boost the morale of frontline workers.

Here are more of the latest developments to know this weekend:

HELPING OUT: Portland chefs forced out of work are teaming up to feed 500 people every day at new county shelters for people who are homeless. Dried-up Portland distilleries are starting back up to make much-needed hand sanitizer, supplying local customers and medical professions whose workers have no choice but to remain on the job. Oregon Cultural Trust created a $10 million relief fund for arts and cultural organizations that saw their customer base disappear.

TESTING: Federal authorities seized 100 fraudulent COVID-19 test kits shipped to a Portland man. The seizure marks the first fraud case related to the new coronavirus that federal prosecutors in Oregon are pursuing. Three more hospital labs in Oregon are now offering legitimate testing, but their capacity is unclear.

CASES: The Oregon Health Authority reported the state’s 12th death linked to COVID-19 and said 98 more people have tested positive for the disease. The new cases mean more than 400 Oregonians have been infected with coronavirus. One of those patients lives at a veterans nursing home in The Dalles. The facility is the fifth senior care home with residents or employees who’ve tested positive for the disease.

CUTS: Public agencies and services are cutting back, both to quell the spread of the coronavirus and to respond to decreases in demand. Oregon State Police explained how law enforcement agencies are addressing the new norms. The regional transit agency TriMet will reduce the frequency of most bus lines. Most trials in state courts will be delayed until at least June 1. The Bureau of Land Management closed campgrounds and day use areas throughout Oregon.

BUSINESS: The coronavirus fallout hit Oregon’s tech sector. Portland technology companies joined other industries in laying off dozens of workers. A semiconductor equipment factory in Tualatin temporarily closed after workers may have contracted coronavirus.

RAIN CHECK: Cinco de Mayo became the latest marquee Oregon event to cancel or postpone because of the coronavirus. Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland laid off ifs staff after delaying the season reopening to September.

ASSISTANCE: After a week of confusion and concern, Gov. Kate Brown issued clarification to her stay-home order for people without a home to stay in. The governor made clear social service agencies are safe from coronavirus stay-home citations. State officials also moved to allow low-income residents enrolled in the federal food stamp program to purchase groceries online. The change in policy comes as the state is seeing an influx of Oregonians in need of food.

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