March 3, 2021 ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska Vaccine Task Force has today significantly expanded the criteria for who is eligible to receive state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine. Those newly eligible can now sign up for an open vaccine appointment in their community. If you are not finding an open appointment in the community where you […]
“Make no mistake: opening Texas prematurely will only lead to faster Covid spread, more sickness and overcrowding in our hospitals, and unnecessary deaths.” The Republican governor of Texas issued an executive order Tuesday lifting the populous state’s mask mandate and other remaining coronavirus-related restrictions, a move public health experts and Democratic critics characterized as dangerously […]
DHSS today announced two deaths of Alaska residents and 159 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 124 were residents in: Anchorage (39), Wasilla (25), Fairbanks (10), Palmer (10), Kusilvak Census Area (8), Bethel Census Area (7), Petersburg (6), Sitka (3), Chugiak (2), North Pole (2), and one each in Cordova, Dillingham, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Prince […]
DHSS today announced ten deaths of Alaska residents and 385 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska over the past three days. 349 were residents in: Anchorage (95), Wasilla (83), Palmer (36), Fairbanks (30), Petersburg (27), Chugiak (9), Juneau (7), Bethel Census Area (6), Eagle River (6), Girdwood (5), Cordova (4), Kenai (4), Kusilvak Census Area (4), […]