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Bruno named to vacant school board seat

Tony Bruno, who has been active in local groups for two decades, has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Sahuarita Unified School District governing board. ....

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Unequal Access: With limited vaccine supply, minority and low-income residents of Pima County face challenges in getting a shot


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Tier three includes the second doses needed to provide complete immunization, tier four contains first doses for those 70 and older and others in the 1B priority group, tier five includes extending vaccinations to the 65+ population and tier six focuses on the state-operated site at UA.
Pima County’s limited vaccine supply will be distributed in this order, but the amount of available vaccine falls far behind the need for them, especially in vulnerable communities.
Limited vaccine supply undermines county’s efforts to reach at-risk populations
Long before the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in the United States, the CDC created a social vulnerability index (SVI) to determine which specific census tracts or subdivisions of counties would be most impacted by an emergency event, including a disease outbreak. ....

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Vaccinators greeted with smiles as residents file through for shots


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Green Valley residents breathe a sigh of relief as Pima County gets underway with its first large-scale effort to vaccinate people 75 and older locally.
The county allocated 3,000 shots to Green Valley, which the Green Valley Fire District, Premier Medical Group and local volunteers began dispensing on Wednesday.
GVFD is leading the local effort with Premier s assistance. On Wednesday, Chief Chuck Wunder said the Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital site planned to dispense 200 vaccines each day. On Thursday, Operations Manager Sid McKissock with Premier said the Community Performance & Art Center would distribute 700 vaccines each day. The two sites will operate from Wednesday through Friday. Both locations are drive-thru operations. ....

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