Update | 5:50 p.m.
Juneau city officials are asking residents to be “COVID conscious” this holiday season as COVID-19 cases increase statewide.
Deputy City Manager Mila Cosgrove said it’s difficult to get a sense of how the virus is being contained while contact tracing is impaired.
“The disease is moving,” she said. “It’s moving via travel, it’s moving the family groupings, and community spread is increasing.”
City Manager Rorie Watt said that statewide numbers show the virus is spreading in every way possible. He asked residents to keep groups small during the holiday.
Watt also brought back a phrase used often at the start of the pandemic.
“We want to flatten the curve,” he said. “One of the ways that you flatten the curve is you get people to test and you get a lot of testing in the community.”
April Rezendes, the local incident commander for the State Division of Public Health, was also present at the community update. She says that even people with mild symptoms should get tested.
“If you do wake up with that headache in that congestion, go get tested, stay home until you have that test result back,” said Rezendes. “That will decrease your number of close contacts.”
The team also answered questions about the relief grants for businesses and individuals that were approved yesterday.
Juneau residents with symptoms can call 586-6000 or go to the city’s COVID-19 page for more info.
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The City and Borough of Juneau’s weekly community update is at 4 p.m. today.
Members of the city’s emergency operations center will provide information about the COVID-19 response in Juneau and answer questions.
Community members can submit questions to COVIDquestions@juneau.org.
Watch on Zoom, Facebook Live or here once the meeting is live. You can also call the city to listen by phone by calling 1-346-248-7799 or 1-669-900-6833 or 1-253-215-8782, webinar ID 985 6308 5159.
