Tag: ruralcovid
Alaska hospitals fear long-term financial consequences of COVID-19
With health care spending down 60% from May, some hospitals are struggling to survive.
King Cove confirms first local case of COVID-19 in seafood industry worker
Henry Mack, mayor of the 900-person town, said the individual is an employee at the huge Peter Pan Seafoods plant.
For Gov. Dunleavy, COVID-19 evokes century-old family loss to the flu in rural Alaska
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy grew up in Pennsylvania. But his wife, Rose, is Inupiaq, raised in the Northwest Alaska village of Noorvik, and her mother once told Dunleavy a story that connects to the state’s traumatizing experience in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Officials suspect community spread of COVID-19 in Kotzebue, as new case is reported
A Kotzebue resident has tested positive for COVID-19, Maniilaq Association officials announced Friday night. That marks the third case in the city and fourth in Maniilaq’s service area, which covers the Northwest Arctic Borough and the village of Point Hope.
Tustumena crew member tests positive for COVID-19, passengers quarantined
The Tustumena ferry’s sailings were canceled after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday.
COVID-19 cases for Unalaska fish processor rise to 3
Unalaska officials have reported a third local case of COVID-19, after announcing the city's first two Wednesday.
Kotzebue sees third case of COVID-19 in Northwest Arctic Borough
The person arrived in the community on Monday but their test didn't come back as positive until Thursday.
11 workers at Whittier seafood plant test positive for COVID
The infected individuals were taken to Anchorage, where they are under a monitored quarantine.
After trawler outbreak, American Seafoods tests crews for COVID-19 as ‘precautionary measure’
After 85 people on an American Seafoods vessel tested positive, the company said it would test crew on its other vessels.
Seafood industry workers test positive for COVID-19, marking first confirmed cases in Unalaska
The City of Unalaska has confirmed its first local cases of COVID-19. Two seafood industry workers tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
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."
How the largest fishing port in the nation is responding to COVID-19 and incoming seasonal workers | Alaska Insight
As businesses across the state reopen, the Aleutian Islands community of Unalaska in the fishing port of Dutch Harbor faces the dual...
A young girl tested positive for coronavirus in Quinhagak, but leaders say they’re ready
Representatives from the regional health corporation landed in the village within hours of the announcement and immediately began testing community members.
There’s a third case of COVID-19 in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
The person was in Bethel when they tested positive for the coronavirus at the hospital.
First coronavirus case reported in North Slope Borough
A resident from the North Slope Borough has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first positive case in the region.
Health corporation urges coronavirus testing for anyone traveling to Bethel
Healthcare workers are worried after the first case in the region outside of Bethel was reported last week.
Nome hospital reopens after positive tests among workers
The Norton Sound Regional Hospital closed down over the weekend after the first positive tested.