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 / Modified feb 19, 2021 4:20 p.m.

Challenges with distributing COVID-19 vaccine in rural Southern Arizona

Tony Paniagua reports.
by Tony Paniagua

With about five percent of the state’s population living in rural areas, access to the COVID-19 vaccine can come with barriers. Tony Paniagua spoke to health care leaders in Santa Cruz and Cochise counties to discuss the challenges they have encountered.

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