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UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

Vaccination leaders welcome promise of better communication

Jan 27, 2021 Biden promises three week notice on vaccine shipments.

A health care worker holds a vial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

More than a half-million COVID-19 vaccines distributed in AZ

Jan 27, 2021 The rate of second dosages is still slow.

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 report 5,918 additional COVID-19 cases, 195 deaths

Jan 27, 2021 State remains a national coronavirus hotspot

Arizona reports 4,748 virus cases one year after 1st case

Jan 26, 2021 The Department of Health Services announced the state’s first case on Jan. 26, 2020

Community members travel by bus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona begins second year of COVID-19

Jan 25, 2021 Arizona’s first case of the virus was reported a year ago.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA increasing rate of vaccine rollout

Jan 25, 2021 Up to 800 people a day could get vaccinated at the university this week.

A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona reports 7,217 new COVID-19 cases and 68 more deaths

Jan 24, 2021 State again leads the nation in weekly COVID-19 infection rate

Language barriers, wariness make vaccinating immigrants hard

Jan 23, 2021 Poor communication, misinformation and lack of trust create fear and uncertainty

Dr. Christian Bime, medical director of the ICU at Banner - UMC Tucson, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17, 2020.

Vaccine appointment error fixed, more vaccines headed to Pima County

Jan 22, 2021 The county says 77,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be in hand next week, the 'vast majority' going to new appointments.

Arizona pandemic toll tops 12,000 deaths, over 700,000 cases

Jan 22, 2021 More than 8,000 new cases reported statewide since yesterday, with nearly 230 new deaths

Arizona reports nearly 9,400 more virus cases, 244 deaths

Jan 21, 2021 State continues to have worst diagnosis rate in the country

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County faces COVID-19 vaccine shortage

Jan 20, 2021 Officials say there is about a week’s worth of vaccine left.

Arizona reports 4,845 new COVID-19 cases and 262 deaths

Jan 20, 2021 State again leads the nation in weekly COVID-19 infection rate

A health care worker holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Banner - University Medicine North on Dec. 17, 2020.

UA vaccine site opens

Jan 19, 2021 The site will serve the education community in Pima County.

Health workers worry about COVID-19 impact on Cochise County farmworkers

Jan 19, 2021 Older adults and some frontline workers are getting vaccinated in Arizona, but essential sectors like farms still have a wait ahead

Arizona reports 6,417 new COVID-19 cases

Jan 19, 2021 State and counties look to ramp up vaccinations

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