WASHINGTON — A U.S. government initiative to ship half a billion free COVID-19 tests to Americans will struggle to reach one of the communities that has been hardest hit by the pandemic — Native Americans living on rural reservations. The administration launched a website — COVIDTests.gov — on January 19, which links to an online U.S. […]
OVERVIEW – 5,897 new cases | 4 deaths | 190 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 58.4% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated Note: Protective measures against the Omicron variant remain the same as for the other COVID variants. Layering protective measures, including masking, handwashing, physical distancing, and testing help to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Using a self-test […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has joined Texas in federal court to stop the federal government from requiring National Guard members to obtain COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of their service to the state of the Alaska and its people. Governor Dunleavy and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are plaintiffs in the case against President […]
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young updated Alaskans on the federal COVID-19 rapid antigen test rollout. Last week, the United States Postal Service began accepting orders for four COVID-19 rapid antigen tests per household. While many Alaskans were able to order tests, countless others contacted Congressman Young to voice their concerns about ordering to PO […]