Home test kit results aren’t necessarily captured in state pandemic data, which impacts other public health systems officials have been using to manage the pandemic.
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Petersburg COVID-19 outbreak grows to 46 cases
Petersburg Medical Center leadership said on Tuesday that staff had been working around the clock.
There are still 400 open slots for Juneau’s next vaccination clinic
Juneau’s demographics and vaccination stats suggest there are still many seniors in town who can sign up.
LISTEN: As Alaska’s COVID-19 count spikes, contact tracers bear the strain
Health officials have described contact tracing as critical to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. But, as the number of infections soars in Alaska, contact tracers, including Knudsen, are feeling the strain.
Anchorage health officials plead for residents’ help in contact tracing
A 31% increase in cases in Anchorage over the last week, combined with the noncooperation of some residents, has significantly reduced the proportion of people that the city can contact.
Skagway man with COVID-19 shares name with public to improve contact tracing
Mike O’Daniel and his family went into quarantine immediately after he learned he tested positive for COVID-19.
Petersburg nurse traces COVID-19 across the state
One thing Michael has learned through dozens of interviews is that people are not always limiting their social bubbles.
Alaska plans to more than triple its workforce of COVID-19 contact detectives
Hiring decisions will be made partially based on health-care experience, but the state wants people from rural and remote communities too.
Vigilance needed to stop community spread of coronavirus, Alaska chief medical officer says
Dr. Anne Zink says that the state must go 28 days without a community case to say it doesn’t have community spread. That’s far from happening — community cases were found in Anchorage on April 21 and in Kenai Peninsula Borough on April 17.