May's Tucson-area coronavirus coverage: Cases rise, judge rules that state can keep nursing home data from public
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Here's a look at May stories surrounding local coronavirus coverage. This collection will continue to be updated. To see stories from January through March, click here. To see stories from April, click here.
See day-to-day brief updates, such as closures and other changes, here.
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The 2020 primary election is approaching. While people are being encouraged to vote by mail, the Pima County Recorder’s Office is also taking precautions for those who prefer to vote early in person or drop off their mail ballot at an early voting location.
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The plan includes $22 million in community aid, $38 million in funding for the continuity of city operations and services and $33 million in reserves in anticipation of a potential resurgence of the coronavirus.
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It's important to recruit and retain students from Arizona after the the UA saw an increase in full-time out-of-state undergraduates in 2019, but a decrease in in-state graduate and online enrollment, officials said.
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Governor is allocating only $441 million, a quarter of the more than $1.9 billion he is getting in coronavirus relief dollars. He'll set aside most of the rest for the state's future needs.
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A University of Arizona researcher identified four compounds that can block the replication of the coronavirus within a cell. It's a promising starting point for the development of drugs that can treat COVID-19.
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The most recent data from the organization that help people book reservations finds that dine-in seating at the restaurants surveyed is down about 60% from the same time a year ago. Most restaurants spent several weeks closed entirely to dine-in patrons.
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More than 71% of those surveyed said they feel unsafe or very unsafe around others, even with social distancing practices still in effect, according to the latest Arizona Daily Star Community Pulse poll.
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Firm landed University of Arizona president Robert Robbins on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC to help spread the message about the school's effort to re-open for classes in the fall semester. Officials say the campaign brought in $650,000 in donations.
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Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he won't rescind his order that prevents Arizonans from using a drug in the experimental way President Trump is during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Legislation would make it harder for someone who contracts COVID-19 to sue a business where they believe they were infected or a company that made a device that did not provide promised protection from the virus.
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At least in the Tucson-area, small the small testing total was caused by a number of factors, including difficulties securing test kits, a lack of equity of test site locations and limits on who can get tested, according to local officials.
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Keeping a poker face will be less challenging with a requirement to wear masks and gloves. Fewer slot machines, destruction of playing cards daily are among other plans following a two-month coronavirus closure.
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With statewide coronavirus restrictions easing, the Pima County Library plans to re-open branches with limited services. But no browsing will be allowed. Books and other items have to be reserved online for pickup for the time being.
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Funding will provide $2 million for small business continuity grants; $3 million for assistance to workers and families, including rent assistance and gas and food cards; and $500,000 for nonprofit continuity grants.
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Religious gatherings have been listed as a constitutionally protected essential activity in Governor Doug Ducey’s executive orders regarding activity restriction during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tucson educators jump into action to keep families afloat during the coronavirus school closures and economic devastation, providing computers, food, tech support and even covering electric and water bills.
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Bars, breweries and wineries can open as long as they have a food menu and customers can eat inside the establishments. The menu can be as simple as a selection of chips and snacks, to a food truck or people bringing in takeout from nearby restaurants.
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After crossing through a port of entry, drivers and passengers get out of their cars and walk through inflatable tunnels on the side of the road to help ward of the virus from Americans.
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The Arizona Department of Health Services announced Thursday that it has established "an ongoing partnership" with experts from UA and ASU to continue to provide predictions of the spread of COVID-19 locally.
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Records being sought by news outlets are not public, said a lawyer for the state in a lawsuit over data health officials are releasing about COVID-19 in long-term care facilities.
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State officials say the team of experts from the University of Arizona and ASU to "pause" work so it can switch to secret federal modeling figures to make decisions about fighting the COVID-19 spread.
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Twenty off-duty Tucson Police officers have answered a call for volunteers from Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona. The officers are delivering meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Many retirement communities and assisted living homes have tightened their visitor policies, but some Tucsonans are still able to see their loved-ones in a social distancing-approved way.
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