Nogales to receive 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna next week
Santa Cruz County has the highest COVID-19 positivity rate in Arizona By KOLD News 13 Staff | December 18, 2020 at 3:08 PM MST - Updated December 21 at 9:04 AM
NOGALES, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Currently, Santa Cruz County has the highest rate of COVID-19 infections in Arizona. But there is a glimmer of hope ahead for those most vulnerable.
Nogales will be receiving 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines from developer Moderna next week.
Vaccines will arrive at Mariposa Community Health Clinic. They will be administered to those who belong to the highest priority category, including healthcare providers, emergency medics and residents at long-term facilities - especially those over the age of 65.
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Regina Villa, an ICU nurse manager at Valleywise Health in Phoenix, becomes one of the first healthcare workers in Arizona to receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week. Vaccines are expected to begin arriving in Santa Cruz County during the week of Dec. 21, with frontline healthcare workers first in line to receive them.
Photo courtesy of the Arizona Department of Health Services
By Nick Phillips ⢠Nogales International Dec 18, 2020