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Birmingham: The city on Tuesday extended a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the statewide mandate expires. The City Council voted to extend the mask requirement through May 24. The decision came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Alabama will receive $44 million to expand vaccination efforts. Alabama ranks last in the country for the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to CDC data. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said the mask ordinance is needed because COVID-19 continues to be a health threat, and most people in the city and the state have not been fully vaccinated. Woodfin said many local businesses also urged the city to keep the mask ordinance in place. “We will continue to make decisions that we be
COVID-19 vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium moving indoors to Desert Financial Arena
By Brent Corrado and Associated Press
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PHOENIX - Governor Doug Ducey announced on Thursday the
The site will relocate on Monday, April 12 to the arena, which is on Arizona State University s Tempe campus. Arizonans have come together to protect our communities and expand vaccinations quickly, Ducey said in a statement on April 8. I’m grateful to all the volunteers, staff members and health care professionals who are helping Arizonans get vaccinated, and to Arizona State University for their continued partnership.
The relocation of the outdoor site currently in a parking lot near the Phoenix-Tempe border is the latest change in the state’s mass vaccination program to account for rising temperatures. Other state-run sites are moving indoors or foregoing daytime hours.
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PHOENIX (AP) - The state-run COVID-19 vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium will move indoors Monday as it relocates to Desert Financial Arena on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, the Department of Health Services announced Thursday.
The relocation of the outdoor site currently in a parking lot near the Phoenix-Tempe border is the latest change in the state’s mass vaccination program to account for rising temperatures. Other state-run sites are moving indoors or foregoing daytime hours.
Phoenix Municipal Stadium vaccine site to relocate to indoor Desert Financial Arena
The vaccination site located at Phoenix Municipal Stadium is moving to Tempe s Desert Financial Stadium as temperatures start to heat up.
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TEMPE â Phoenix Municipal Stadium, which is being used as a state-run COVID-19 vaccination site, is relocating to Desert Financial Arena on Arizona State University s Tempe campus.
The Governor s Office made the announcement stating the site will relocate beginning Monday, April 12. The site will be indoors as outdoor temperatures begin to rise.
Desert Financial Arena is used for ASU basketball games and other large-scale indoor events. It s located on 6th Street and Veterans Way, just off University Drive and Rural Road in Tempe.
Arizona to move COVID-19 vaccination site indoors on ASU s Tempe campus
The state-run vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium will relocate to the Desert Financial Arena on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus on Monday.
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Due to COVID-19 protocol developments within the Washington State basketball program television crews pack up their gear after their game against Arizona State was cancelled at ASU Desert Financial Arena Monday, March 1, 2021, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb) Author: 12 News Updated: 7:39 AM MST April 8, 2021
PHOENIX The state-run vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium will relocate to the Desert Financial Arena on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus on Monday.