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COVID-19 vaccine doses tossed around state, low amounts in Pima County COVID-19 vaccine doses tossed around state, low amounts in Pima County By Megan McNeil | February 25, 2021 at 6:47 PM MST - Updated February 25 at 7:29 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -In December and early January, AZ Family reported Maricopa County had more than 500 vaccine doses go to waste for various reasons. So, we wanted to know – is that happening here? Vaccines started making their way into arms in Pima County in December. Since then, the county has administered more than 240,000 COVID-19 vaccines. Inevitab...

Pima County releases plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution The first to get the vaccine in Pima County will be front-line health care workers treating COVID-19 patients and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. (Source: kold) By Megan McNeil | December 14, 2020 at 9:11 PM MST - Updated December 14 at 9:11 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Pima County should be given this week. Thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine shipped into Arizona Monday, heading to Pima and Maricopa Counties. Pima County is expecting about 11,000 doses to ...

Chris Richards/University of Arizona An ultracold storage facility capable of storing more than 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has been completed at the University of Arizona. The so-called "freezer farm" includes eight storage freezers to accommodate the first vaccines expected to be available in the U.S. – the Pfizer vaccine, which received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration on on Dec. 11, and another candidate produced by Moderna. Seven of the freezers are ultracold freezers that operate at minus 80 degrees Celsius (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit), a...