The United States is on the verge of half a million COVID-19 deaths, more coronavirus-related deaths than anywhere else, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. U.S. President Joe Biden will talk about the lives lost to the virus Monday evening at the White House, followed by a moment of silence and a candle lighting ceremony. “People decades from now are going […]
AMYA is taking steps to isolate sick and treat cadets with symptoms JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Military Youth Academy (AMYA) has detected COVID-19 among cadets on their campus. Measures are being taken to provide medical care to those with symptoms, isolate sick and potentially sick cadets from healthy staff and students, […]
After the country reported its deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak since May, the nation’s top infectious disease expert says he is not pleased with the way things are going in the United States. “We certainly are not where I hope we would be, we are in the middle of very serious historic pandemic,” […]
ANCHORAGE – Testing of employees at the Copper River Seafoods’ (CRS) Anchorage processing plant from July 17 to 22, 2020 found 56 of 134 employees tested positive for COVID-19. Thirty employee test results are pending, and 14 employees are untested. Almost all employees are Municipality of Anchorage residents. Employees with positive test results are being notified […]
ANCHORAGE – An employee at a seafood processing plant in Seward tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. OBI Seafoods, the operator of the plant, with support from the Seward Community Health Center, immediately began testing all 262 of the plant’s employees and implemented isolation protocols for its workforce in advance of contact tracing. The […]
On Sunday, the city of Seward issued a press release reporting that they will be “providing critical support for an American Seafoods vessel,” that had a serious COVID-19 outbreak aboard and would be arriving in that city sometime Wednesday. According to the release, 85 members of the crew of the American Triumph tested positive […]
Eighty-six of 126 crewmen on board the American Seafoods factory trawler American Dynasty have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of a fishing trip off the coast of Washington State, the company has confirmed. The vessel is now moored at Seattle, under lockdown, with one crewmember hospitalized and others quarantined and monitored by medical personnel. […]
The coronavirus pandemic has hit a grim milestone — 1 million confirmed cases. The count by Johns Hopkins University says almost one-fourth, 236,000, are in the United States. The worldwide death toll stands at more than 53,000. Italy reported the most fatalities with more than 13,000 and climbing daily. A question on nearly everyone’s lips […]
The mayor’s comments come as Gov. Cuomo says peak of infectious outbreak could still be 45 days away. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday afternoon that city residents should be prepared for a “shelter in place” order with the next 48 hours to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, a dramatic escalation […]