Tag: coronavirus
Your questions about the travel quarantine and testing for travelers, answered
The state health mandate that requires a 14-day quarantine for people who arrive from out-of-state is set to expire Friday. After that, visitors and Alaskans returning to the state will be asked to take a test within 72 hours of boarding an Alaska-bound flight.
Wrangell considers paying $60,000 for cannery worker testing
The assembly will review a proposal to pay for testing for about 50 seafood plant workers.
As test demand increases, Northwest Alaska officials say their supply can’t keep up
Maniilaq says that with increased testing in Kotzebue and in smaller villages, the regional health corporation says that demand for testing has gone up.
Alaska’s fishing communities have plans to contain COVID-19. Now they’ll be put to the test.
Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fish are still available for harvest, and thousands of workers are set to arrive in coastal Alaska communities from Outside, where infection rates are much higher. But seafood companies, fishermen and local leaders say they’ve set up systems to limit the risk that the visitors could spread infection.
Providence announces 6 more cases at Anchorage transitional care center; state tally grows by 21
The Providence Transitional Care Center in Anchorage is the site of the largest reported cluster of coronavirus cases at a single facility in Alaska since the virus started to spread.
Juneau Assembly weighs pros and cons of local quarantine
Even though the state of Alaska no longer requires a 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers, the city could still implement requirements.
Sen. Murkowski pushes for an additional $1 billion in federal fisheries relief funds
Murkowski said that the PPP loans don't adequately cover seasonal businesses like fisheries.
Native Youth Olympics goes virtual for annual statewide competition
Organizers said that over 50 athletes from over 20 communities participated.
Second test on Quinhagak girl suggests false positive
After a girl under the age of 10 reportedly tested positive in the Southwest Alaska village of Quinhagak, health officials now say that they believe that test result was incorrect.
86 crew members on American Seafoods trawler test positive for COVID-19
Eighty-six crew members of an American Seafoods trawler have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from the seafood company Sunday night. Nine tests are still outstanding.
Without cruise ships, researchers will study fecal bacteria on Southeast Alaska beaches
Scientists have the opportunity to monitor any changes in the level of fecal bacteria in the absence of cruise ship traffic.
Bristol Bay announces 3 additional cases of COVID-19 since Friday
Two individuals tested positive at Camai Health Center’s walk-up clinic, according to the health center’s announcement on May 29. These two will not be recorded as positive cases in the Bristol Bay Borough, because, the state said, "they are not local residents."
Your questions about unemployment insurance, answered
Will I lose eligibility for Unemployment Insurance because of the early PFD payout? What should I do if my claim isn't being processed? Do I have to go back to work if I'm afraid of catching the coronavirus?
Pandemic stirs greater demand for local meat and produce as Alaskans head into summer
"Farmers are selling everything they can get slaughtered right now," said Schade."
Large cruise lines won’t be sailing this year, but smaller lines could be sailing by June
The Centers for Disease Control implemented a no-sail order for cruise ships that carry more than 250 passengers, but smaller lines are hoping they can get local permission to sail as early as June.
Twelve new Anchorage cases are at Providence extended care facility
Those infected with the virus are a mix of residents and caregivers at the Providence Transitional Care Center -- a skilled nursing facility in Anchorage. They’re among 27 new Alaskans that state health officials announced had the virus on Sunday.
Alaska sees largest single day spike in COVID-19 cases
According to a press release from the Department of Health and Social Services, the new cases were discovered in eight communities: 12 in Anchorage, four in Wasilla, three in Eagle River, three in Kenai, two in Homer and one each in Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough and Anchor Point.
Alaska to replace 14-day quarantine with testing, preferably in advance but also offered at airports
Gov. Dunleavy is ending Alaska's 14-day quarantine. Instead, visitors and returning Alaskans will be asked to take a test within 72 hours of boarding an Alaska-bound flight.
Checking in with state economists as Alaska reopens | Alaska Insight
More than a third of Alaskan workers have applied for unemployment in the last 2 months. With so many Alaskans out of work, how will small businesses survive a summer with little to no tourism? Will CARES Act funding be enough to keep small businesses going?
Two restaurants shed light on challenges facing the community of Houston, Alaska | Alaska Insight
This time of year, In the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, communities along the Parks highway are usually teeming with tourists looking to camp in...