Photos for March 24: Tucson gets by during coronavirus pandemic
Tucson area residents and businesses grapple with closures, restrictions, shortages and sundry challenges during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer at Tucson Medical Center, talks with Bill Fleming, director of security for the hospital, inside TMC’s COVID-19 command center.
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Kim Fore, left, operations section chief, talks with Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer for Tucson Medical Center, inside TMC’s COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Susan Snedaker, information security officer for Tucson Medical Center and logistics chief, works inside TMC's COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020.
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. OracleRd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. A few shopping stores are open at The Tucson Mall but store hours have been cut due to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Pam Haskell, right, plans her next move after leaving a load of supplies and food outside the door of Rancho Encanto #2, one of her two assisted living homes, after getting a shipment via Sysco, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Phoebe Haskell uses wipes to clean packages of strawberries for her grandmother Pam Haskell as they sort a bulk shipment of groceries and supplies delivered by Sysco to one of Pam's two assisted living homes, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Arizona governor's order listing essential services — such as golf courses and pawnbrokers — prohibits local governments from closing them down during the coronavirus emergency without state approval.
Tucson-area utilities don’t want you to worry about your bills if your financial world has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
The child care program, set up in response to COVID-19 will serve children of first responders, critical health
care workers and essential public sector workers, including child safety workers.
There have been six known coronavirus deaths in Arizona, officials said Wednesday.
Many Tucson restaurants have reopened their dining rooms and many are still offering only takeout and delivery.
The student, who was a resident of the University of Arizona's Arizona-Sonora dorms, has moved away from Tucson and is living out of state with family.
The student, who was a resident of the University of Arizona's Arizona-Sonora dorms, has moved away from Tucson and is living out of state with family.
Stores are increasing deliveries, putting limits on high-demand items and instituting special shopping hours for seniors and others in an effort to keep shelves stocked.
Peak hospitalizations are expected in May — and Arizona needs another 13,000 hospital beds and 1,500 ICU beds by then.
State officials remind residents: No cures exist. No government checks have been issued to the public. Don't let strangers do your grocery shopping.
Stephen Maltzman and his wife, Donna DePesa, spent 11 days stuck in their cabin off the coast of Recife, Brazil.
The 54-year-old Tucson wife and mother worked as a receptionist at a pediatric clinic.
The Arizona Department of Health Services has updated the community transmission level of coronavirus in the state to widespread.
The 54-year-old Tucson wife and mother worked as a receptionist at a pediatric clinic.
A collection of photo galleries with images by Arizona Daily Star photographers taken during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020-21.
Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona and an expert in the research and eradication of germs, shares tips in fighting the spread of coronavirus.
Verdict that Senate retaliated against worker was not proved, judge says, gives state chance to re-argue that portion of case.
“The 10 percent who are choosing not to uphold — that’s a slap in the face to everyone who’s upholding.”
Pima County said the second person to die here is a man in his 70s with "other health conditions that may have put him at higher risk."