COVID-19 vaccines are available to anyone 16 years old and up at Pfizer sites in Tucson and Pima County. Sites with the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are open to those at least 18 years old. The Arizona Department of Health Services has an interactive map with vaccine distribution
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PIMA COUNTY, April 13, 2021 – Out of an abundance of caution, Pima County is following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Arizona Department of Health Services and temporarily pausing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. (https://www.cdc.gov/ ) In an April 13 statement
Last week people 16 years of age and older became eligible for vaccinations. Right now, only the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for 16- and 17-year-olds. You can get that at the UA mall site. Register with the State link I have below. And if you’re under 18, you’ll need a parent or guardian with you to sign consent
The Pima County Attorney’s Office, in a March 26 letter to County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, says Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey does not have to legal authority to prevent the County Health Department from enacting reasonable public health measures. Therefore, according to Deputy County Attorney Jonathan Pinkney, Resolution 2020-96 passed by the Board of
Over 126 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through March 22, 2021. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. COVID-19 vaccines were evaluated in tens of thousands of participants in clinical trials. The vaccines met FDA’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality
PIMA COUNTY, March 24, 2021 – The Pima County Board of Supervisors March 24 voted unanimously to approve a Resolution asking Gov. Doug Ducey to reconsider denying permission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up COVID-19 vaccination PODs in Pima County that would fully vaccinate up to 200,000 people. Additionally, the Resolution states that
COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19. You may have some side effects, which are normal signs that your body is building protection. These side effects may affect your ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days. Some people have no side effects. Common side effects On […]
Pima County announced last Friday that we’re now registering essential frontline workers and people who are age 55 and older. The change is because more than 50% of the people over 65 years old have been vaccinated. Now eligible are people who work in the food service industry, restaurant and bar workers, agricultural workers, grocery and convenience store
With cases dropping in Arizona, and vaccine distribution underway, it’s still important to keep our guard up, and these protocols reflect that approach. The announcement follows 7 weeks of declining cases in Arizona, and the distribution of more than 2 million vaccines. The following changes are reflected in a new Executive Order from Governor Ducey: […]
The vaccine is seen as an efficient alternative to those developed by Pfizer and Moderna, since it only requires one dose and can be stored in a refrigerator instead of a freezer, as the other two require. Trials showed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 66%-86 effective, prevents the development of severe symptoms of […]





















