Alaskans letting down their guard, not COVID-19 variants, likely responsible for rising case counts

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Alaskans letting their guard down — not coronavirus variants — are likely responsible for the recent rise in cases in the state, health officials said this week.
Contagious COVID-19 mutations that can partially evade vaccines and stall the pandemic’s end are part of a haunting scenario playing out in other states and countries, which have seen surges driven by variants many months into the pandemic. The variant first identified in England last year is now the most dominant strain in the U.S., the director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
But it’s not yet the dominant strain in Alaska, while virus transmission in the state increased for the second consecutive week, according to an update sent out by the state health department on Thursday.

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