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 […]
DHSS today announced two deaths of Alaska residents and 616 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 604 were residents in: Anchorage (240), Wasilla (84), Palmer (34), Fairbanks (33), Kodiak (30), Kenai (28), Bethel (22), Eagle River (14), Soldotna (14), North Pole (13), Utqiaġvik (13), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Chugiak (9), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (7), Homer (6), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (5), Nome (5), Fairbanks North Star […]
DHSS today announced three new Alaska resident deaths and 284 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 277 were residents in: Anchorage (125), Kodiak (24), Wasilla (24), Fairbanks (17), Utqiaġvik (10), Juneau (9), Kusilvak Census Area (9), North Pole (9), Palmer (8), Sitka (5), Chugiak (4), Kenai (4), Bethel (2), Bethel Census Area (2), Big Lake (2), Delta Junction (2), Eagle River (2), Homer (2), North Slope Borough (2), Valdez- Cordova Census Area (2), […]
ANCHORAGE – Alaska received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday night via UPS plane. Delivery and transport of the vaccine to health care facilities across Alaska began Monday and will continue through Wednesday, leading to the first vaccinations of Alaskans this week. “The COVID-19 vaccine is going to help Alaskans put the worst behind […]