Planes, dogsleds, and snowmobiles being used to deliver vaccines to Alaska s remote villages
and last updated 2021-02-12 15:29:12-05
FAIRBANKS, Ak. â To understand life in the farthest corners of America, you have to see it: the beauty of nature, the rugged, unforgiving cold, and the people of Alaska.
Itâs the people across a state more than twice the size of Texas, with traditions as old as the mountains, who will show you what perseverance through a crisis really looks like.
We learned firsthand what it takes to protect these rural communities from COVID-19.
Our journey began thousands of miles away in Denver, Colorado. After two flights and a COVID-19 screening at the airport, we arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska.
More than a quarter of all Illinois residents 65 and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Many Native Alaskan villages are not reachable by car, so pharmacists are using planes, dogsled and snowmobiles to deliver vaccines to the highly vulnerable indigenous communities.
Collaboration is not an unknown in the domain of pharmaceutical development, but it is rare enough. The demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, have seen competitors switch to become manufacturing allies.
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