In Alaska, the coronavirus vaccine is heading to tiny villages on small planes and snow machines. The massive undertaking echoes previous efforts to get vaccines to remote corners of the state.
This week, people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are beginning to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Already over 1,550 people in the region
Print article At least 10% of the population of the community of Kivalina tested positive for COVID-19 this week as elevated case levels continue around Western Alaska. Tribal officials have started water deliveries to home-bound Kivalina residents to stave off additional spread of the virus. The village of just over 450 sits on a skinny barrier island along the Chukchi Sea, high above the Arctic Circle. The community has no water or sewer services; a 600,000-gallon steel tank holds winter water supply and household sewage is hauled in “honey buckets” to a disposal site. On Monday and Tuesday, 44 Kivalina residents tested positive for the virus, according to tribal health officials at Maniilaq Association.
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Thousands of extra doses of Pfizer vaccine included in first shipment are a ‘godsend,’ Alaska providers say Published December 18, 2020
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We re making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. As providers around the country this week began administering the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, many were surprised to find that each vial of vaccine contained enough for six or even seven doses of the vaccine, rather than the anticipated five.