Photos for March 24: Tucson gets by during coronavirus pandemic
Tucson area residents and businesses grapple with closures, restrictions, shortages and sundry challenges during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer at Tucson Medical Center, talks with Bill Fleming, director of security for the hospital, inside TMC’s COVID-19 command center.
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Kim Fore, left, operations section chief, talks with Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer for Tucson Medical Center, inside TMC’s COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Susan Snedaker, information security officer for Tucson Medical Center and logistics chief, works inside TMC's COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020.
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. OracleRd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. A few shopping stores are open at The Tucson Mall but store hours have been cut due to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Pam Haskell, right, plans her next move after leaving a load of supplies and food outside the door of Rancho Encanto #2, one of her two assisted living homes, after getting a shipment via Sysco, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Phoebe Haskell uses wipes to clean packages of strawberries for her grandmother Pam Haskell as they sort a bulk shipment of groceries and supplies delivered by Sysco to one of Pam's two assisted living homes, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Arizona governor's order listing essential services — such as golf courses and pawnbrokers — prohibits local governments from closing them down during the coronavirus emergency without state approval.
Tucson-area utilities don’t want you to worry about your bills if your financial world has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
The child care program, set up in response to COVID-19 will serve children of first responders, critical health
care workers and essential public sector workers, including child safety workers.
