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Arizona on Friday reported over 5,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases as virus-related hospitalizations continued to rise.
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Arizona health officials say nearly 2,700 people statewide were occupying hospital beds for the virus on Wednesday. It was the highest number since early February when the state was coming down from a winter surge.
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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is hoping all city employees are compliant with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. City officials say 99% of city employees have at least been partially vaccinated by the Dec. 1 deadline.
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All city of Phoenix employees will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 18 under the federal mandate.
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With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise again and the holiday season approaching, the head of one of Phoenix’s biggest hospital systems is renewing pleas for the unvaccinated to get inoculated.
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is co-leading a group of 11 other Republican attorneys general in a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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Navajo Nation health officials reported 89 new known cases of COVID-19 and one more death Sunday.
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A judge has ordered the Maricopa County Community College District to accommodate two nursing students who objected on religious grounds to completing required clinical rotations at a hospital that requires COVID-19 vaccines.
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Millions of children nationwide between the ages of 5 and 11 are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after approval this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KNAU spoke with Coconino County Health and Human Services Director Kim Musselman about the local rollout that begins Friday.
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Coconino County health officials will begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations to children between the ages of 5 and 11 later this week. It follows the recent approval of the lower-dose shots by federal agencies.