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Unscathed: These Alaska villages are reaching herd immunity — without a single case of COVID-19

Print article For years, residents of the Southeast Alaska fishing town of Pelican decried cuts to state ferry service that left them increasingly isolated. Then came news of a deadly pandemic spread around the world by travelers. “Everybody claims that it’s so hard to get in and out of here. I say, that’s perfect,” said Walt Weller, Pelican’s mayor. “There is no better time to be stranded in the middle of nowhere.” A year into the pandemic, Pelican reachable only by bush plane or boat has zero recorded cases of COVID-19 and has vaccinated more than half its adults.

As Alaska s COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Broadens, Unalaska Health Officials Discuss Local Rollout

Credit Hope McKenney/KUCB Alaska is leading the nation in vaccinations per capita. But compared to many other parts of the state, Unalaska s vaccine rollout seems to be moving slowly.   KUCB s Hope McKenney sat down with health officials from Iliuliuk Family and Health Services and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association to discuss how the island s rollout is going and how recent changes in statewide eligibility guidelines could affect locals. Listen

Atka, Nikolski, St George are almost fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Atka, Nikolski, St. George are almost fully vaccinated against COVID-19 February 11th |   Unalaska s neighboring communities of Atka and Nikoski as well as St. George in the Pribilof Islands are almost completely vaccinated against COVID-19 through the tribal vaccine rollout. We ve got enough vaccines to get everybody completed, said Lori Jackson, a nurse practitioner and medical director for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, which operates the tribal community clinic in Unalaska. The Oonalaska Wellness Center is acting as a vaccine hub to get doses out to those communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs that APIA serves. Jackson said that s anywhere between 450 and 490 people across the four communities.

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