The tribal health corporation has been able to rapidly expand vaccine eligibility for two reasons. First, it received more doses than expected. Second, many people declined to take it.
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New report says emergency orders helped slow the spread of coronavirus in Anchorage
The report looked at a range of data, including daily case counts, rates of transmission, survey data and Google mobility reports, which show general patterns of movement in the community.
Ketchikan school superintendent on leave after husband’s death from COVID-19
Ketchikan’s Superintendent Beth Lougee is taking time off. That’s following the sudden death of her husband on Sunday.
1,100 appointments for Juneau’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic got booked in 25 minutes
City Manager Rorie Watt apologized for the frustration people had trying to get an appointment. City staff hope to schedule more mass vaccination events.
Juneau Assembly holds off on decisions on local pandemic relief programs after feds act
“We do want to make sure we’re trying to get it into the right hands … quickly, but not so quickly that we rush ourselves into additional mistakes,” Assembly member Michelle Hale said.
In a Fairbanks lab, Alaska scientists search for the new, more contagious coronavirus strain
It’s unlikely the state will be able to keep the new COVID-19 strain from getting to Alaska and taking hold here, said Dr. Tom Hennessy, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the University of Alaska Anchorage’s College of Health.
After months on high alert, Juneau drops to ‘moderate’ COVID-19 community risk level
Overall cases of COVID-19 have dropped in Juneau, but there is still community spread occurring, which means that the source of some people’s infections is unknown.
Bethel couple’s pandemic dog sled wedding comes 12 years after meeting in Ohio Waffle House
With the pandemic still going and the courthouse closed, wedding planning took a different spin.
Over 40% of Alaska’s prisoners have contracted COVID-19
Frustrated advocates and families point to overcrowding in prisons, inconsistent precautions and a general lack of transparency from the Department of Corrections.
Y-K Delta ahead of schedule on COVID-19 vaccination
While many areas of the nation have fallen behind schedule in their COVID-19 vaccinations, the opposite is happening in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.