Alaska is asking frontline essential workers, teachers, prisoners and others in high-risk settings to wait until those elderly Alaskans can be vaccinated first.
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Health care workers are first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. But who’s next?
Dr. Anne Zink says the state’s vaccine allocation committee is looking at three principals — logistics, science and equity — to get the vaccine out quickly, effectively and fairly.
Gov. Dunleavy splits health and social services department into two new agencies
The two new agencies will be the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Health. Beyond those agency divisions, it’s not clear how the reorganization will work.
As groups clamor for the vaccine, here’s how Alaska will decide who’s next in line
For the next several months, there will be far fewer vaccine doses available than people who want to receive them. Which raises the difficult question of who should get it first.
Health officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Alaska’s COVID-19 case plateau
“When you are wearing your mask, you’re physically distancing, you’re keeping your social circle small, Alaskans are able to push these numbers down,” Dr. Anne Zink said at a Thursday news conference.
The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed nationwide in just a few weeks. Here’s what we know so far about Alaska’s plans.
The early batches of vaccine will be prioritized for essential workers in health care, assisted living and emergency medical settings, officials said Monday. Vaccines will be in limited quantity initially, and probably won’t be available to the general public until around March.