Arizona Department of Health Services

Coconino County Reinstates Mask Mandate In Buildings Amid COVID-19 Surge

By • Aug 4, 2021
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Coconino County has reinstated a mask mandate inside all of its buildings amid a renewed spike in COVID-19 infections. Low vaccination rates and the Delta variant are driving increased case numbers nationwide. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports.


Coconino County Returns To 'High' COVID-19 Transmission Rate

By • Aug 2, 2021
AP, file

Coconino County health officials report a return to high COVID-19 transmission rate.

Christ To Step Down As State Health Director

By • Jul 28, 2021
AP

Arizona Health Services Director Cara Christ announced today she will leave her position as the state’s top health official to become Chief Medical Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. She is an infectious disease epidemiologist. Christ is the state’s longest serving health director, assuming the role in 2015. She intends to leave the position at the end of August.

Arizona Passes 6 Million In Administered Vaccine Doses

By • Jun 7, 2021
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

More than 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered since becoming available in the state. 

  

Arizona's State-Run Vaccine Sites To Close By End Of June

By • Jun 3, 2021
AP, file

Arizona’s state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites, which were touted as a national model, will be shutting down later this month. 

  

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