Health

We’ll update as they come.

The sole hospital in the Safford area is grappling with the possibility that it will no longer have the option to airlift seriously ill patients to big cities.

Hand sanitizer is out. Soap gets confiscated. Prisons haven’t even been telling inmates what COVID-19 is.

They denied a refund, they said, because Arizona is “one of the least affected states,” with “only a few isolated cases.”

Experts say the risks are manageable, as long as people take the usual precautions.

The state’s largest hospital system has few answers about who can tested.

Five new cases have cropped up since yesterday. The case count in Maricopa County has doubled since Saturday.

Could Arizona handle a widespread coronavirus outbreak, such as those seen in Italy and China? It doesn’t appear so.

By the time of the announcement, several districts had already canceled or postponed classes.

Sheriff Paul Penzone said they will reassess the decision daily.

A third COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Pima County, bringing the statewide total to 13.

The virus has now spread to four Arizona counties. A Graham County elementary school employee has tested positive for COVID-19.

The latest is in Pima County.

“We’re rationing the tests for the really sick people,” one doctor said.

Basic questions, unanswered.

A spokesperson for ICE said a letter had been sent to Congress informing them of the change.

The closures include popular sites in Arizona.

At least seven school districts in the Valley have closed schools indefinitely.

Other major utilities offered flexibility to customers affected by the pandemic.

The Democratic debate in Phoenix this Sunday won’t have a live audience or press room amid COVID-19 concerns, the network announced in an email Tuesday.

The change will go into effect Monday, March 23, when students return from their spring break.

The county will “be working directly with that health care provider to ensure there is appropriate cleaning put in place.”