Some of the highest case rates and sharpest increases were in communities — like Skagway, Petersburg, and Sitka — that will see a lot of visits from cruise ships.
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Omicron is ‘likely’ already spreading in Alaska, state says
The World Health Organization has warned that omicron spreads faster than any other variant of the coronavirus.
Alaska has one of the worst rates of COVID in the country
The state Thursday reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases, after setting a record high Wednesday.
Alaska’s COVID hospitalizations hit another record high
The state also reported 801 new coronavirus infections, the second highest daily case count since the pandemic began a year and a half ago
Alaska Airlines passenger flew on Southeast milk run after testing positive for COVID-19, health officials say
Alaska Airlines says it prevented a COVID-19 infected passenger from boarding a flight in Seattle on Tuesday after they’d arrived from Alaska on a multi-leg trip that included Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan.
Alaska’s rare COVID breakthrough cases are far less worrisome than stalled vaccination rate, experts say
Scientists say the vaccines appear to be only slightly less effective against the delta strain and still provide strong protection from severe disease and death. And research suggests the shots may also make it less likely for vaccinated people to spread the virus even if they test positive.