I want to thank everyone during this COVID-19 health crisis who have been following the health guidelines of washing their hands, practicing social distancing, using masks and gloves and leaving their homes only for essential trips.
With the COVID-19 virus, it is important to wash your hands frequently and wash your hands immediately after blowing your nose, coughing, sneezing, using the bathroom or touching surfaces in a public space. Wash your hands before eating or preparing food and before touching your face. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend you wash your hands for 20 seconds.
If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Social distancing, also called “physical distancing,” means keeping space between yourself and other people outside of your home. Stay at least 6 feet from other people. Do not gather in groups or go to gatherings. Keeping space between you and others is one of the best tools we have to avoid being exposed to this virus.
The Pima County Health Department recommends that you wear a mask when you’re out in public and around others. It’s not for your protection, it’s to keep other people safe. People can spread COVID-19 before they ever show symptoms, or even if they show no symptoms at all. The CDC recommends that you use disposable gloves when cleaning surfaces in your house or at a public location. Dispose of the gloves safely. Do not reuse the gloves. Wash your hands immediately after removing gloves.
I hope you will thank our locally owned restaurants who are trying to survive through this health crisis as well. Remember, support our locally owned restaurants by ordering food from them, either through a drive through, by delivery or by take out. Let’s do our part for our restaurants.
My Ward 5 staff and I are here to help you. Please call us at (520) 791-4231 or Email: ward5@tucsonaz.gov.
The City of Tucson is here to help our locally owned businesses affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. Please call (520) 837-4100, the City of Tucson business hotline, for help.
The City of Tucson also has a COVID Hotline, (520) 791-2540, to answer your questions about city services operating during this health crisis.
During this crisis, be heard and be counted and fill out your 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire. This helps our community to receive our fair share of federal funds as well as help to make decisions for roads, schools, hospitals and public programs. Responses are confidential and that are received by you and other homes across Tucson is compiled to produce statistics for Tucson. For more information, go online to 2020census.gov.
I have always said that when our community faces a problem, we do not scapegoat, point fingers or place blame, we roll up our sleeves and work together to solve it. We have faced many crises and we have come together to beat them all, and we will beat COVID-19 too.
