ANCHORAGE – Vaccinations of the first Alaska Pioneer Homes residents and staff to protect against COVID-19 are beginning today, Dec. 18. As the first vaccines arrive in Alaska and are distributed across the state, the limited supplies are being prioritized for those most at risk, including residents and staff at long-term care facilities. The Division […]
“We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses,” Pfizer said. Officials from more than a dozen states say the Trump administration has informed them that next week’s Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine allotments to their jurisdictions are being substantially reduced, prompting confusion […]
DHSS today announced two deaths of Alaska residents and 366 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 360 were residents in: Anchorage (152), Wasilla (54), Fairbanks (24), Bethel (22), Eagle River (18), Utqiaġvik (14), Soldotna (9), Kodiak (8), North Pole (8), Palmer (8), Chugiak (7), Kusilvak Census Area (7), Kenai (5), Homer (2), Yakutat/Hoonah-Angoon (2), […]
FAIRBANKS – Alaska is just one of twelve states in the country lacking a requirement that citizens help fight the COVID-19 pandemic by wearing a face mask indoors in public places where social distancing is impossible. Vaccines, pioneered and produced in record time, promise hope of an end to the pandemic. The limited availability of […]