Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers. Airport officials shut down security checkpoints at the biggest terminal in Phoenix, and schools across the nation struggle to […]
OVERVIEW – 3,640 new cases | 1 death | 70 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 57.7% 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 […]
U.S. President Joe Biden said “I don’t think COVID is here to stay” one day after six of his former health advisers urged Americans to learn to live with coronavirus in a “new normal” and his administration to take a different approach to combatting it. Writing Thursday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the […]
OVERVIEW – 1,597 new cases | 0 deaths | 55 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 57.6% 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 […]