Sitka stays at low COVID risk level, reports climbing vaccination numbers Posted by Katherine Rose | Feb 21, 2021 When the Sitka Unified Command met on Wednesday (2-19-21), there was still uncertainty around the recent expiration of the state’s COVID-19 disaster declaration. City Administrator John Leach was concerned about how the change could affect vaccine allocations and FEMA reimbursements to the city. “From what I’m seeing, the vaccine is still being distributed, it’s still showing up here,” he said. “But I don’t know what that means on a broader scale. Is the federal government distributing to the state of Alaska at the same rate if we’re not under and emergency declaration? But, for the time being, vaccines are still coming and and we’re still putting them in arms.”