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When workers at Pacific Seafood in Newport, Oregon, started testing positive for coronavirus, health officials knew what to do: They went searching for the Mam pastor.
He speaks only a few words of English and a little Spanish, but he's fluent in Mam, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala that doesn't even have a written form. He's the main link to Oregon's Mam-speaking community, many of whose members work at Pacific Seafood and were caught up in the state's second-largest workplace outbreak.
"Arizona is the new national hotspot for COVID-19" tweeted Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton on June 14. The enormous rise of COVID cases and hospitalizations in the Grand Canyon State has put Arizona into the national and global spotlight as a case study of how not to handle a global pandemic.
The city is starting a process that could change two Phoenix street names long criticized as offensive and racist.
The Phoenix City Council is initiating a process to change the names of Robert E. Lee Street and Squaw Peak Drive in north Phoenix, Mayor Kate Gallego tweeted on Thursday.
PHOENIX - "Sold out" are words we have seen many times during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on health essentials. Those same items have shown up online where re-sellers are charging well over regular price.
In just the last week, 5 months into the pandemic, hand sanitizer was still being sold for inflated prices online. It's called 'price-gouging' and there is no law to prevent it.
Getting the National Guard to do COVID19 contact tracing is a no brainer. Health experts say contacting those infected is critical to contain the virus
Mobilize the National Guard to do COVID-19 tracing to contain the deadly virus, suggested Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton.
On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey did just that, correctly so because Arizona doesn't have time to waste, given the dramatic uptick of COVID-19 cases since the state reopened its economy.
The new round of endorsements includes 23 incumbent House members, including six freshman members of Congress, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and two Senate challengers.
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Two groups of Arizona doctors have signed on to open letters calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to require people to wear masks in public.
The pandemic is flaring in many parts of the South and West, while waning in much of the Northeast and Midwest.
Cases have increased in at least 21 states over the past two weeks, according to a June 15 analysis by The New York Times. Another 20 states and Washington, D.C., are seeing cases fall, while nine states are seeing the number of new cases stay the same.
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) said on Twitter Sunday the escalating coronavirus crises in the Grand Canyon state is the "direct result of poor decision making and failed leadership."
Arizona has emerged as a new national hot spot for the coronavirus, recording more than 4,400 new cases from Friday through Sunday.
Cases of the novel coronavirus in Alabama climbed to at least 25,615, including 773 deaths, as of Monday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
The state's latest daily case count was 1,014, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported Sunday, with over 1,000 new infections seen in 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak began.