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Fairbanks North Star Borough saw a sharp spike in new Covid-19 cases this week while the state upward trend slowed.
âWeâve seen some outrageous numbers,â said Fairbanks borough Chief of Staff Jim Williams. âThey were outrageous in a sense that on Wednesday we saw over a hundred new cases â our third highest number.â
On Thursday, only 32 new people contracted the virus across the borough and on Wednesday Fairbanks was leading the state in new cases, according to reports from the Department of Health and Social Services. The city reported 70 new cases on Wednesday while North Pole reported 34, and two more were registered somewhere else in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. With more than 27 cases per 100,000 people in the borough, only Mat-Su is doing worse.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska â The state of Alaska will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations to tourists arriving and departing the state through four of its biggest airports starting June 1, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced.
âThe idea is that we have access to vaccines, so why not use them? So this is what weâre saying to our tourists: If you come to Alaska â and this will start on June 1 â if you come to Alaska, you get a free vaccination,â he said on Friday.
The vaccinations will be offered at the Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan and Fairbanks airports, said Heidi Hedberg, director of the Alaska Division of Public Health.