(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Six additional employees aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) M/V Tustumena have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 positive crewmembers to seven. The Tustumena returned to Homer Monday night at 8 p.m. with 41 people aboard, including the one known positive crewmember. Forty people were tested; this […]
Sailings will be canceled indefinitely, updates at www.FerryAlaska.com. (JUNEAU, Alaska) – Monday, the M/V Tustumena continued its return voyage to Homer. The vessel has 41 people on board, six passengers and 35 crewmembers, including the one crewmember who tested positive for COVID-19 in Dutch Harbor on Saturday. Passengers and crew are separated from each other. […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – Saturday afternoon, a crewmember on the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) M/V Tustumena was notified that a person they had been in close contact with tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, the crewmember on the Tustumena was displaying mild symptoms including a runny nose, cough and body aches, but they did […]
Dillingham, AK – Bristol Bay’s first Covid-19 case was reported today, a mere two days after State and Federal health officials visited Dillingham, AK and heard first hand requests for adequate testing and enforceable quarantine for incoming fishing industry members. The asymptomatic Trident worker tested positive on May 15th for Covid-19 while in […]