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A Fairbanks man in his 20s has died from Covid-19, state health officials reported Thursday, as local virus transmission rates continue to lead the state.
On Thursday alone, more than one-fourth of all Alaskan cases â 22 total â were registered in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Most of the people contracting the virus are in their 20s and 30s, according to the state Covid-19 Case Dashboard.
âWhile a lot of folks in our community have moved on beyond Covid, we haven t and our staff hasnât,â said Shelley Ebenal, executive director at Foundation Health Partners. âWe are not out of Covid. I know our community is tired, and I know they don t want to wear a mask, and I know they want this to be over, and thatâs great; I get it. But itâs not.â
In Fairbanks, you can now get a Covid-19 vaccine while going to the movies, walking by the J.P. Jones Center and maybe while attending a hockey game.
Upcoming pop-up vaccination clinics are part of the Sleeves Up for Summer campaign, launched by the state and local governments to increase Alaskaâs Covid-19 vaccinations. To protect Alaskans from the virus and keep the state up and running before summer rolls in, the goal is to cover 25% more people in May â which means vaccinating 18,000 additional residents in the Interior.Â
âWe are looking at new different ways to get information and vaccinations out to people,â said Dr. Mark Simon, an emergency physician at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.