DHSS today announced 411 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 403 were residents in: Anchorage (120), Wasilla (48), Fairbanks (38), Bethel Census Area (34), Palmer (18), Dillingham Census Area (17), Kusilvak Census Area (16), Northwest Arctic Borough (15), Kodiak (9), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (9), Bethel (8), Eagle River (8), Soldotna (6), Utqiaġvik (6), Juneau (5), Valdez Cordova Census Area/Copper […]
DHSS today announced three deaths of Alaska residents and 232 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 227 were residents in: Anchorage (81), Wasilla (30), Bethel (17), Fairbanks (14), Palmer (13), Kusilvak Census Area (12), Eagle River (11), Bethel Census Area (10), Sterling (6), North Pole (4), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (4), Homer (3), Kenai (3), Anchor Point (2), Chugiak (2), Kodiak (2), North Slope Borough […]
December 31, 2020 ANCHORAGE – In January, Alaska will receive another 52,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine: 27,300 doses of Pfizer vaccine (includes 7,800 doses allocated to the Indian Health Service – IHS) and 25,600 doses of Moderna vaccine (includes 8,400 doses allocated to IHS). Vaccine continues to be distributed across the state through a phased […]
WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Health care workers must meet all of the following criteria: Have direct patient contact, or have direct contact with infectious materials from patients; and, Provide essential services in a health care setting that cannot be offered remotely or performed via telework; and, Provide a service in a health care setting that cannot be postponed […]