A shooting Sunday night left one man dead and another injured, Tucson police said Tuesday.
Officers were sent just before 6:30 p.m. to the intersection of East Mossman Road and South Jeanette Boulevard, near South Park and East Bilby Road, for a report of a shooting.
Officer found two men near the road with gunshot wounds. Officers and fire personnel gave the men first aid and they were then taken to Banner-University Medical Center.
Police said one of the men, Jose Roberto Martinez Rascon, 28, died of his wounds. The other man is in the hospital recovering.
Detectives believe a white, four-door SUV was seen leaving the area after the shooting.
Office of the Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued the following announcement on Dec. 16.
Governor Doug Ducey today toured the vaccine distribution site at the Arizona State Fairgrounds and announced ten Arizona health care frontline workers who will be among the first Arizonans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
After the tour, the Governor also announced the state is distributing $15 million in additional funding to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for health emergency needs. The funding will be used to help replenish the public health emergency fund.
“The vaccine is here, and we’re getting it to health care workers promptly,” said Governor Ducey. “This is a significant step in the fight against COVID-19 but the fight isn’t over. We continue to urge Arizonans to follow mitigation measures and get the COVID-19 vaccine when possible. I’m grateful to the frontline workers, health care professionals and everyone working hard to get the vaccine distributed
Ventilator use up 500%, refrigerator truck brought in for Banner University Medical Center
Dr. Marjorie Bessel, Chief Clinical Officer at Banner Health says there will be ripple effects as cases continue to rise in Arizona. Author: Erica Stapleton Updated: 12:00 PM MST December 18, 2020
PHOENIX Dr. Marjorie Bessel, Chief Clinical Officer at Banner Health, says she was one of the first to start administering COVID-19 vaccines at their site Thursday. The moment of optimism is met with the hard realities their healthcare facilities statewide are facing.
In a briefing Friday, she says they ve seen downward trends in COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases and positivity rates in their markets in Colorado and Wyoming, after both states enacted stricter statewide rules to combat COVID-19. She says in Arizona, cases continue to go up.
Vaccine distribution plans at health care companies around the Valley
Health care workers across the Valley begin to get COVID-19 vaccination.
Posted at 3:42 PM, Dec 17, 2020
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Here s how Banner Health and HonorHealth plan to distribute the vaccine.
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After weeks of planning, Banner Health rolled out its drive-thru vaccine distribution operation at the state fairgrounds Thursday. It s one of the five pods in Maricopa County that will be giving out vaccines.
Banner leaders called it a soft launch, with 165 health care workers getting vaccinations Thursday inside one of the warehouses. They plan to scale-up each day and eventually do more than 1,000 vaccinations a day.
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HOENIX Governor Doug Ducey today toured the vaccine distribution site at the Arizona State Fairgrounds and announced ten Arizona health care frontline workers who will be among the first Arizonans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
After the tour, the Governor also announced the state is distributing $15 million in additional funding to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for health emergency needs. The funding will be used to help replenish the public health emergency fund.
“The vaccine is here, and we’re getting it to health care workers promptly,” said Governor Ducey. “This is a significant step in the fight against COVID-19 but the fight isn’t over. We continue to urge Arizonans to follow mitigation measures and get the COVID-19 vaccine when possible. I’m grateful to the frontline workers, health care professionals and everyon