Alaska coronavirus news

Researchers found that right after the third shot of the Pfizer vaccine, protection against a symptomatic infection is pretty good. Two weeks after the shot, the booster cuts the risk by about 70%.

Wasilla GOP Rep. Christopher Kurka, who’s running for governor as a conservative alternative to Dunleavy, this week launched a “Fire Anne Zink” petition, saying he’s committed to removing her “on Day 1 of my administration.”

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old – both parents and providers – are in a special kind of hell right now.

The borough manager says the team volunteered to keep working so that 911 calls would be answered locally instead of routing them to Fairbanks.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Wednesday reported an additional 63 resident COVID deaths. Two of them are from the new year, and the rest happened earlier in the pandemic.

Providence Alaska Medical Center moved its visitation policy to its strictest level last week.

Households can order four rapid tests, which the Postal Service says will be shipped for free “in late January.”

Biden also said six new federal medical teams will be dispatched to aid overwhelmed hospitals in six states.

With the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Alaska, contact tracing is increasingly difficult. A new feature for Alaska smartphones could help.

While 957 flu cases are a lot compared to last year, it’s dwarfed by an average, pre-pandemic, Alaska year.