Pima County Health Department

The COVID-19 drive-through vaccination site managed by Banner – University Medicine at Kino Stadium will deliver its last doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on May 14 before shutting down permanently due to hot weather. 

Hours at the Kino Stadium site will shift on April 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, in order to keep the public, staff and volunteers out of the heat. Patients will be notified by Banner directly if their appointment times need to be adjusted due to this change.

Pima County and its health partners are shifting and expanding their COVID-19 vaccination efforts to indoor facilities in order to beat the heat.

The County:

Pima County's COVID-19 testing location at Kino Event Center will close at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, as the site converts to an indoor vaccination center.

The testing site has been operated by Paradigm Labs, which plans to retain a smaller testing area at another location to be determined. Paradigm will partner with the County to run the vaccination site at Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way.

Pima County will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to anybody 16 and older starting Monday, April 5, with registration at County-supported sites opening at 8 a.m.

The change in guidance aligns the County with the state's decision to open vaccine eligibility at its sites to all residents 16 and older on March 24. The County, at that time, continued to vaccinate people 55 and older, anybody with high-risk medical conditions and essential workers.

On March 26, 2021, the Pima County Health Department released a new Public Health Advisory, seeking to encourage businesses and residents to continue their use of face masks, social distancing, and other tools to prevent COVID-19. On March 25, Governor Doug Ducey’s Executive Order 2021-06 removed limitations on businesses and the ability for local governments to impose or up hold mask requirements.

Starting Thursday, March 25 at 9:00 a.m., Pima County will expand current COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include three major groups based on three criteria:

AGE – anyone over age 55, regardless of other health conditions or type of employment.

RISK – anyone over age 16 who has a disability OR is experiencing homelessness OR lives in a congregate setting/receives in-home or long-term care OR has a high-risk medical condition as defined by the Centers for Disease Control:

On March 5, 2021, the Pima County Health Department released an updated Public Health Advisory covering numerous COVID-19 response related topics. The advisory comes as yet another category on the Pima County’s COVID-19 Progress Report moved into the improved “Progress” category.

“We want to continue cautiously moving forward,” said Dr. Theresa Cullen, Health Department Director. “There are encouraging signs across the board as far as cases, hospitalizations, and vaccine distribution but, we cannot let our guard down.”

Arizonans will be able to register starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb .16, for nearly 12,000 appointments available at a state COVID-19 vaccination site at the University of Arizona in Tucson. 

The Arizona Department of Health Services, the university, and the Pima County Health Department are partnering to operate the site at the university’s mall area.

Governor Doug Ducey is applauding the hard work of Arizona’s medical professionals, volunteers and frontline workers as the state reaches one million vaccine doses administered today.

“We’ve reached a major milestone with our one millionth dose,” said Governor Ducey. “The dedication and hard work of many made this accomplishment possible. Nurses, doctors, health technicians, support staff, volunteers — to each and every one of you, thank you. ”

The Pima County Health Department today announced that it will expand the 1B priority COVID-19 vaccination group to people over 70 years old. They can start today registering for appointments beginning on Feb. 8 on the Department’s vaccine registration page, www.pima.gov/covid19vaccineregistration.