Pima County Attorneyâs Office to remain closed through MLK holiday COVID-19 file graphic. (Source: WIS) By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 12, 2021 at 4:37 PM MST - Updated January 25 at 2:12 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Pima County Attorneyâs Office will remain closed through Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, due to a COVID-19 outbreak among staff.
The office has been closed since Monday, Jan. 11, as crews clean and sanitize the building, according to a news release from the attorneyâs office.
A small number of staff members will continue to work at the office headquarters in downtown Tucson, however, 377 other workers will work from home until the office reopens.
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COVID-19 closes PCAO office thru Tuesday (Source: WBRC) By Shelby Trahan | January 11, 2021 at 8:31 AM MST - Updated January 25 at 2:14 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Residents with business at the Pima County Attorneyâs Office (PCAO) will have to wait a few days. On Sunday, officials announced their offices would be closed until Tuesday, Jan. 12 because of COVID-19.
According to a news release, several employees tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover says the closure is necessary âin order to keep operations going and to make sure that we donât hit that brick wall of not having enough healthy staff.â
With nearly 9,000 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 627,000 as of Monday, Jan 11, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.