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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.

Even though the state of Alaska no longer requires a 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers, the city could still implement requirements.

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.

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."

As businesses across the state reopen, the Aleutian Islands community of Unalaska in the fishing port of Dutch Harbor faces the dual challenge of limited…

Representatives from the regional health corporation landed in the village within hours of the announcement and immediately began testing community members.

The person was in Bethel when they tested positive for the coronavirus at the hospital.

A resident from the North Slope Borough has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first positive case in the region.

Healthcare workers are worried after the first case in the region outside of Bethel was reported last week.

The Norton Sound Regional Hospital closed down over the weekend after the first positive tested.