COVID-19 Daily Update - May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
GOODMAN SCHWARTZ PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ARIZONA COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE
May 21, 2020
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Throughout the COVID-19 public health crisis, the team at Goodman Schwartz Public Affairs has been communicating, in real time, with our clients on all major announcements and circumstances impacting their specific sectors. We will, of course, continue to rapidly provide such industry specific information, as such circumstances warrant.
As an additional resource for our clients and interested parties, this Arizona COVID-19 Daily Update is intended to provide a broader perspective on the COVID-19 response in Arizona.
Arizona Numbers UPDATED DAILY
Number of Cases: 15,315 - as compared to 14,897 (5/20)
Number of Deaths: 763 - as compared to 747 (5/20)
Number of Tests: 237,417 - as compared to 22t,099 (5/20)
Governor and Government Agency News Releases
Governor Ducey Announces $500,000 To Further Expand Child Care – Office of the Governor NEW
Arizona News Stories UPDATED DAILY
Majority of Arizonans Support Increase in State Unemployment Benefits, Morrison Institute-Republic Poll Finds - The Arizona Republic
University of Arizona Launches Task Force to Plan for Campus Reopening - Arizona Daily Star
Trump's COVID-19 Prescription Couldn't be Filled in Arizona, and Ducey Won't Change That - Arizona Daily Star
National News Stories UPDATED DAILY
Why The Race For A Coronavirus Vaccine Will Depend On Global Cooperation - National Public Radio
4 Republican Senators Call for More Stimulus Payments After McConnell Pumps Breaks on Further Relief - Newsweek
Divided by COVID-19: Democratic U.S. Areas Hit Three Times as Hard as Republican Ones - Reuters
Tech Firms Deploy Bluetooth Chips for Coronavirus Contact Tracing in Office - Reuters
Reopened States Revive Economy as Doomsday Predictions Don't Materialize - Washington Times
Reopening Reality Check: Georgia's Jobs Aren’t Flooding Back - POLITICO
Home Mortgage Delinquencies Soar by Most on Record in April - Bloomberg
All 50 U.S. States Have Now Started To Reopen, Easing COVID-19 Shutdown - National Public Radio
The CDC and States Are Misreporting COVID-19 Test Data - The Atlantic
Ford Shuts Two U.S. Assembly Plants Due to COVID-19 Infections - Reuters
Backlogs, Second Wave of Layoffs Keeping U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims High - Reuters
Emergency Relief Screw-up Hits 5 Million Student Loan Borrowers - POLITICO
Shut Down the ‘Experience Economy.’ Can It Come Back? - New York Times
Coronavirus Hot Spots Erupt Across the Country; Experts Warn of Second Wave in South - The Washington Post
RESOURCES
COVID-19 - Receiving IRS Economic Impact Payments - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
COVID-19 State Action Center - National Academy for State Health Policy
COVID-19 Screening Tool - Apple and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COVID-19 Stimulus Bill: What It Means For States - National Conference of State Legislatures
Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience: Massive Scale Testing, Tracing, and Supported Isolation (TTSI) as the Path to Pandemic Resilience for a Free Society - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Gubernatorial Executive Orders Issued to Date
Stay Healthy, Return Smarter, Return Stronger – May 12, 2020
Reporting By Nursing Care Institutions, Residential Care Institutions, ICF-IIDs And DD Medical Group Homes To Residents And Families Regarding COVID-19 – May 4, 2020
Return Stronger — Amending the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected Order – April 29, 2020
Requesting Exemption From Executive Order 2020-10 Elective Surgeries – April 22, 2020
Expanding Food Options for Commercial Vehicle Drivers - April 15, 2020
Enhanced Surveillance Advisory - April 14, 2020
Increased Telemedicine Access for Workers’ Compensation - April 14, 2020
On the Job Training for Assisted Living Facility Caregivers - April 14, 2020
Remote Online Notarization - April 8, 2020
Flexible Food Item &. Sale of Goods at Restaurants - April 8, 2020
Requirements for Individuals Traveling to Arizona - April 8, 2020
Enhanced Surveillance Advisory - April 8, 2020
Prohibiting Small Business Evictions - April 7, 2020
Expanding Access to Pharmacies - April 2, 2020
Telemedicine for Pets and Animals - April 1, 2020
Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected - March 30, 2020
Continuity of Work - March 26, 2020
Increasing Hospital Capacity for COVID-19 Preparedness - March 26, 2020
Expansion of Telemedicine - March 25, 2020
Postponement of Eviction Actions - March 24, 2020
Enhanced Surveillance Advisory - March 23, 2020
Prohibiting the Closure of Essential Services - March 23, 2020
Limiting the Operations of Certain Businesses to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 - March 19, 2020
Limiting In-Person Motor Vehicle Division Visits for License Driver Renewals - March 19, 2020
Protective Measures to Protect Against COVID-19 - March 19, 2020
County Government Resources