Seven test positive in villages near Dillingham December 31st, 2020 |
Seven people tested positive for COVID-19 in two different villages in the Dillingham area between Dec. 20-23, according to a news release from the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation.
In one community, an individual experiencing symptoms tested positive for the disease. Two of their close contacts tested positive as well. Those cases were travel-related.
Four people in the second community tested positive. They were close contacts of one another. All households are now in quarantine.
BBAHC will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines this week. It plans to distribute them to frontline healthcare workers in accordance with state guidelines. The corporation has not said whether it is administering Moderna s or Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
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Health care providers will begin to contact eligible individuals and schedule appointments for vaccinations today.
People around Alaska age 65 or older can start to receive the first of two vaccine shots as soon as Monday. Health care providers around Bristol Bay will begin to contact eligible individuals and schedule appointments for vaccinations today. People 65 and older make up Phase 1b, Tier 1 of the state s vaccine allocation plan.
The Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation plans to send out teams to villages to administer the vaccine.
“That will include all resources needed for administration as well as any possible severe adverse events, said Bernina Venua, the head of the health corporation’s COVID-19 task force. We know that is a concern of people and we do know that it is rare, however we are planning to be ready for any kind of response.”