Maricopa County officials said the decision is in alignment with the federal pharmacy vaccine program, which will bring the vaccine to 182 pharmacies in Maricopa County.
Kyrene School District offers COVID-19 rapid testing for employees
February 4, 2021|
Kyrene School District is now offering COVID-19 rapid testing for Kyrene employees.
The testing clinic is the latest strategy in Kyrene’s ongoing efforts to ensure a safe environment for working and learning.
Beginning Wednesday, January 27, the District will provide rapid testing for employees only (no family members and no students at this time), at a centralized location.
Kyrene employees who are ill or who have been exposed to an individual with COVID-19 will be able to access rapid testing every afternoon, five days a week.
Employees will receive results in 15 minutes. Rapid testing is an effective tool to identify illness and help keep it out of classrooms and schools.
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PHOENIX More than 500 unused doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been discarded in Arizona’s most populous county, according to health officials who say doing so helps maintain quality.
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health had to waste 553 doses across five distribution sites between Dec. 17 and Jan. 20, KPHO-TV reported Tuesday with information gained from a public records request.
“We have worked closely with our health care partners to report to us daily what they consider vaccine waste,” the county said in a statement. “That means if there is any concern about the quality of the vaccine or any information is not readable on the label, manufacturers have advised providers to throw out the vaccine in order to maintain a safe operation.”
Meanwhile, a board meeting last week set the stage for potential permanent closures of multiple Glendale schools.
Due to falling enrollment, the Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board outlined proposed closures of five of the districtâs 17 schools in two phases.
The first phase would close Melvin E. Sine and Isaac E. Imes schools before the 2021-22 school year, with Coyote Ridge, Desert Garden and Bicentennial North potentially closing the following school year.
Facing an $11 million-plus budget deficit, âGESD will ensure financial solvency by providing the community a multi-year process of reorganizing boundaries and repurposing schools by June 2021,â according to a presentation at the Jan. 28 meeting.