June 18, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. Twelve are residents of eight communities: Fairbanks (3), Anchorage (2), Palmer (2), Juneau (1), Ketchikan (1), North Pole (1), Soldotna (1) and Wasilla (1). This brings the total number of Alaska […]
June 14, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced nine new cases of COVID-19 in residents of four communities: Anchorage (4), Fairbanks (2), North Pole (2) and Palmer (1). Three new nonresident cases were also identified in seafood industry workers yesterday in the Municipality of Anchorage (2) […]
June 13, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced 29 new cases of COVID-19 in residents of 14 communities/areas: Anchorage (7), Eagle River (1), Fairbanks (1), North Pole (2), Homer (4), Sitka (2), Houston (1), Palmer (1), Ketchikan (3), Craig (2), Bethel Census Area (1), Nome Census […]
Lockdowns across the globe prevented millions of deaths from the novel coronavirus, new studies published Monday report. According to a study by the Imperial College of London, some 3 million deaths were averted in eleven countries – Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland – because of lockdown measures including […]