Valley doctor says COVID-19 situation is dynamic as treatment evolves
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Arizona has been stuck on a plateau as vaccination rates slowly climb and more transmissible variants spread. Author: Colleen Sikora Updated: 6:15 PM MST July 8, 2021
PHOENIX It’s been a tough year and a half as frontline healthcare workers have been treating those with COVID-19, and they continue to see a steady stream of people getting sick in Arizona.
Right now, healthcare leaders expect the impact the virus has on Arizona will likely be dynamic as we go forward.
Signs of improvement
Back in March of 2020, a unit at Valleywise Health was outfitted to accommodate COVID-19 patients as an intensive care unit.
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Arizona lawmakers approved legislation this year that bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates and COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students. Health experts have raised concerns that this ban could endanger public health. (File photo by Megan Marples/Cronkite News)
PHOENIX – Health experts are concerned that Arizona’s recently approved budget, which bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates and COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, is endangering public health across the state.
In a virtual panel assembled by the Committee to Protect Health Care, a national advocacy organization that aims to “fight for quality, affordable health care that protects patients over profits,” experts weighed in on how the legislation, as well as Gov. Doug Ducey’s June 15 executive order banning masks at schools, could prolong the pandemic in Arizona.