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Gov. Doug Ducey speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2020.

Return-to-work bonus program has paid out less than 15% of funds

Dec 22, 2021 The Department of Economic Security has not said how it will use the remainder of the money.
A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

Pima County reinstates mask requirement

Dec 21, 2021 The mandate goes into effect immediately and runs through the end of February.
A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

University of Arizona reports first seven omicron variant cases

Dec 21, 2021 The university said the variant was found "within the Tucson campus community," but would not say if the cases involved students or staff.
File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Feds sending medical team to aid with COVID-19 in Arizona

Dec 21, 2021 The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying ambulances to take patients from full hospitals to facilities with open beds.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 2,176 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Dec 20, 2021 Hospitalizations due to the virus numbered at 2,496 as of Sunday.
A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

US Treasury has issued new guidance on deadlines to spend CARES Act relief

Dec 20, 2021 Costs can now be considered incurred by December 31, 2021, if recipients have an order placed or have entered into a contract by that end of the year deadline.
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Arizona reports 2,745 more COVID-19 cases and 3 more deaths

Dec 19, 2021 The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 1,336,806 cases and 23,519 known deaths.
The owner of Shish Kebab House of Tucson (center) and employees work in the kitchen to fill to-go orders. The restaurant saw a sharp decline in business when it had to halt dine-in service during the Arizona's stay-at-home order. April 2020.

Arizona recovers jobs lost early in pandemic

Dec 17, 2021 The unemployment rate also fell below that of February 2020.
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Arizona reports 3,686 additional COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths

Dec 17, 2021 Hospitals statewide had 2,569 virus patients occupying inpatient beds as of Thursday.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Pima County

Dec 16, 2021 The Pima County Health Department said the person tested positive for COVID-19 in Tucson in early December.
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Arizona rural hospitals asking feds for COVID-19 staffing

Dec 16, 2021 The state Department of Health Services put in requests for medical staffing for at least seven rural hospitals.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

DHS explores COVID-19 vaccine services at the border

Dec 16, 2021 DHS says it’s looking to award a short-term contract to provide vaccine services to non-U.S. citizens at points along the Southwest border.
Vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Tucson. January 2021.

Surcharge for unvaccinated Pima County employees challenged

Dec 15, 2021 A law enforcement union has filed a lawsuit challenging a $45 health insurance surcharge on Pima County employees who haven’t received the coronavirus vaccine.
A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

Pima County Attorney's Office will not prosecute minor drug possession cases

Dec 15, 2021 Policy from start of the pandemic is revived as vaccination rate levels off and COVID cases spread inside the jail
Caution over the coronavirus is expected to last for a while.

COVID-19 creating another holiday of concern

Dec 14, 2021 Omicron variant and vaccination worries are making gatherings difficult again.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner says Tucson hospital pushed to capacity

Dec 14, 2021 "If the forecasted trend continues, we will soon be unable to meet the health care demands of Arizonans," chief clinical officer warns.

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