By Council Member Richard Fimbres
Booster Covid-19 Vaccines
Ward 5 Update Enero 2022. This past year has been a challenging one for our community with the continuing COVID-19 virus.
Arizona has had 1.34 million cases with 23,816 deaths and in Pima County, more than 169,000 cases and 3,098 deaths.
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to increase and we have all lost family and friends to this virus and we must continue to practice social distancing, washing hands frequently and wearing a mask.
People who have the COVID-19 vaccines need to get a booster shot to deal with the Delta and Omicron variants. Those who have not been vaccinated, we highly recommend that you get vaccinated.
Please call the Pima County Health Department, (520) 724-7770 to get the list of testing sites, COVID-19 and flu vaccine sites. You can also go online at:
Work Together
The Mayor and Council, the City Manager and the Pima County Health Department continue to work together to deal with the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and each of the waves of increased positive tests, cases and the deaths of those who lost their battle to this.
My office continues to work for more testing and vaccine sites in Ward 5. I am working with the Pima County Health Department and our County Supervisors to get more testing and vaccines to those in need.
Remember to practice social distancing, wash your hands and wear a mask.
If you have not been tested for COVID-19, please do so.
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Available Vaccines
The COVID-19 vaccine is available and if you have the opportunity to get the vaccine, please do so.
With the flu season upon us, please make sure you get, your flu vaccine.
Even with the health challenges, there were even successes in 2021.
JTED Center for Innovation at the Bridges opened, currently has more than 600 students and will be expanding.
Cherrybell Post Office and Processing Center is still open after the Postal Service tried to close it in 2011. The work to get our Tucson stamp and local sorting continues.
Poverty rate was lowered
The City of Tucson Poverty and Urban Stress Report for 2021 was released: The poverty rate was lowered, more people are obtaining high school degrees or GED’s, the number of high school dropouts fell by 13% and, Ward 5 did not have the highest property crime, violent crime and overall crime rate.
GEICO, Raytheon and other businesses in Ward 5 expanded their workforce, with more than 4,000 new jobs created this year and more than 14,500 working as Ward 5 Council Member.
The Buffalo Soldiers Memorial at Quincie Douglas was dedicated at the Quincie Douglas Neighborhood Center, the first voter approved project honoring the Buffalo Soldiers.
Thanks to the good voters of Tucson, I will continue the work of the Renaissance of Ward 5 as your Ward 5 Council Member.
Be safe, stay healthy, wear your mask, get tested and get vaccinated, so we can work together to improve the quality of life for everyone in our community.
I hope 2022 will be a better year for us all.
