A new indoor COVID-19 vaccination site launched at Scottsdale s WestWorld exhibition center Thursday morning, getting Arizonans out of the summer heat as the widespread rollout continues.
The Arizona Department of Health Services, Cigna and Scottsdale are among those partnering to operate the site. Through June 30, it will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, accepting both walk-ins and appointments.
At a news conference Thursday, Kim Shepard, president of Cigna’s Arizona market, said with the help of about 95 volunteers, the hope is to distribute 5,000 Pfizer shots a day. We re here and we re ready to get shots in arms, she said.
New indoor COVID-19 vaccination site launches at WestWorld of Scottsdale; location draws criticism Jamie Landers, Arizona Republic
A new indoor COVID-19 vaccination site launched at Scottsdale s WestWorld exhibition center Thursday morning, getting Arizonans out of the summer heat as the widespread rollout continues.
The Arizona Department of Health Services, Cigna and Scottsdale are among those partnering to operate the site. Through June 30, it will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, accepting both walk-ins and appointments.
At a news conference Thursday, Kim Shepard, president of Cigna’s Arizona market, said with the help of about 95 volunteers, the hope is to distribute 5,000 Pfizer shots a day.
In March, Marana, Oro Valley, Prescott and Scottsdale were among other Arizona towns and cities that proclaimed Education and Sharing Day for the first time.
The day recognizes the work of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who emphasized the crucial importance of ethical and moral education as well as the importance of giving. Every president since Jimmy Carter in 1978 has made an Education and Sharing Day proclamation.
âEducation must be more than factual enlightenment â it must enrich the character as well as the mind,â said President Ronald Reagan in his 1982 proclamation for the day, echoing Schneersonâs sentiments.
Gov. Doug Ducey proclaimed March 24, 2021 to be Education and Sharing Day as he has done in the past, but the Chabad Lubavitch movement made a point this year to have local jurisdictions recognize Education and Sharing Day as well. Chabad rabbis worked with mayors to make it happen.
Arizona mayors join plea for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill with city aid President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met witih Republican senators who presented a $618 billion alternative to the president s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. But Democrats are backing Biden s larger bill, which includes money for local governments and a $15 federal minimum wage, and other changes. (Source: C-SPAN via Cronkite News) By Haleigh Kochanski | February 4, 2021 at 7:39 AM MST - Updated February 4 at 7:39 AM
WASHINGTON â Six Arizona mayors were among hundreds who urged Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill that includes $350 billion in aid for state and local governments who say they are on the front lines of the crisis.
Feb. 3, 2021
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Republican senators who presented a $618 billion alternative to the president’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. But Democrats are backing Biden’s larger bill, which includes money for local governments and a $15 federal minimum wage, among other changes. (Photo courtesy C-SPAN)
WASHINGTON – Six Arizona mayors were among hundreds who urged Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill that includes $350 billion in aid for state and local governments who say they are on the front lines of the crisis.
Republicans in the House and Senate have said they want to approve COVID-19 relief but pushed back against what Rep. David Schweikert, R-Fountain Hills, called the “stunning amounts of money” in the bill – including the money for local governments.