Virus cases in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta lowest since September
April 24, 2021
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BETHEL, Alaska (AP) The number of coronavirus cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska is the lowest it has been since September.
In the last 14 days, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has announced 47 cases of the coronavirus, KYUK-AM reported Friday.
The number of new cases in the area in the past two weeks is almost 20 times lower than it was during a two-week span between Nov. 22 and Dec. 4, the peak of coronavirus cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Coronavirus cases across the state have decreased since the new year. Vaccines were made available to all residents 16 or older in early March.
Print article BETHEL - A village in Alaska has mandated that only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into the community’s stores and businesses. Kongiganak had 50% of its eligible residents vaccinated with at least one dose as of April 9, KYUK-AM reported, citing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. Sheila Phillip, the Kongiganak Traditional Council secretary, said people who are fully vaccinated can go inside the village’s two stores if they wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines. People not fully vaccinated “can still make phone orders and their orders are delivered to their home,” Phillip said. The general manager for Qemirtalek Coast Corp., Harvey Paul, said his village store allows four people inside.
Alaska village requires full vaccine for in-person shopping
April 16, 2021
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BETHEL, Alaska (AP) A village in Alaska has mandated that only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into the community s stores and businesses.
Kongiganak had 50% of its eligible residents vaccinated with at least one dose as of April 9, KYUK-AM reported Wednesday, citing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.
Kongiganak reported that it had a population of 439 people in the 2010 U.S. Census.
Sheila Phillip, the Kongiganak Traditional Council secretary, said that people who are fully vaccinated can go inside the village s two stores if they wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines.
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