Alaska records most daily Covid infections amid health-care strain
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Y-K Delta Should Return To Wearing Masks Indoors Under New CDC Guidance
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Under new federal guidelines, widespread masking should return to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The changes are intended to suppress the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
On July 27, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance regarding masks. It said that people, regardless of vaccination status, living in areas with substantial or high transmission of COVID-19 should return to wearing masks indoors in public places, including in schools.
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta currently has high transmission of COVID-19, according to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. High transmission is defined as more than 100 cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days and a test positivity rate of 10% or higher. YKHC said that it is reviewing the new CDC recommendations and expects to release its own updated guidance soon.