On Monday, April 5, the brewing space at PHX Beer Co. was busy but not just with beer-making. On that day, hundreds of people checked in for appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Leah Huss, co-owner of one of the largest breweries in the state, filled out vaccine cards. Then people followed signs and yellow ropes around brewing tanks to an array of yellow chairs where they sat and waited for their turn.
After getting vaccinated near the company s working canning line, they moved into the taproom to wait 15 minutes to ensure no one experienced allergic reactions or other issues.
The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, in conjunction with the PHX Beer Co. and Albertsons Companies, hosted the COVID-19 vaccine distribution event, providing one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines to members of the guild and brewery staff from around the state.
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With 460 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus neared 852,000 as of Thursday, April 15, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 126 new cases today, has seen 114,029 of the stateâs 851,725 confirmed cases.
With 14 new deaths reported this morning, a total of 17,123 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,376 deaths in Pima County, according to the April 15 report.
A total of 584 coronavirus patients were in the hospital as of April 14. Thatâs roughly 11.5% of the number hospitalized at the peak of the winter surge, which reached 5,082 on Jan. 12. The summer peak was 3,517, which was set on July 13, 2020. The subsequent lowest number of hospitalized COVID patients was 468, set on Sept. 27, 2020.
After months of discussions, the Tucson City Council last week updated the city s zoning code related to cannabis dispensaries, opening a wide swath of potential locations to an expanding and lucrative business sector.
In a unanimous vote at the Tuesday, April 6, Tucson City Council meeting, council amended its Unified Development Code Related to Medical and Adult Use Marijuana Dispensaries in order to expand cannabis business opportunities and to come more into line with zoning codes in other states where marijuana has been legalized.
The changes to the UDC are as follows:
• Increase maximum size of a dispensary and off-site cultivation facility from 4,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet;
Advertisement: Pima County opened a new indoor vaccine site this week at the Kino Event Center, where the county had earlier been doing COVID testing. That site is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Register at azdhs.gov. The county has also opened an indoor vaccination POD at El Pueblo Center, 101 W. Irvington Road, which is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The county is working with TMC to move their drive-thru POD to a walk-through site at the Udall Center at Udall Park, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, beginning April 19. Appointments can be made through register.vaccine.pima.gov.