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The state Division of Public Health and other medical partners have been peppering the Fairbanks and North Pole area with free pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics.
In the last week or so, there were short-term events at the Noel Wein Library, the J.P. Jones Center, the Farmers Market, and the Home Show. Last Thursday afternoon at Catholic Schools of Fairbanks, and last Saturday afternoon at Ester Community Park. Some were for everyone over 12, but there was a just-for-teens event for youths aged 12-15 years old to get the Pfizer vaccine last Saturday at Tanana Valley Clinic. Tanana Chiefs Conference held a day-long clinic last Saturday.
The Covid-19 virus transmission keeps slowing down in Fairbanks and statewide, with Alaska going into intermediate â or orange â statewide alert status, according to state health experts.
âThatâs a big milestone,â State Epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin said during Thursdayâs news conference. âWeâre very excited to see these case counts continue to decrease.â
The alert status is based on the average daily case rate over two weeks, with the intermediate level meaning that between 4.8 and 10 cases are transmitted per 100,000 people.
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The state of the virus
Yesterday alone, the state reported 78 cases, 15 of them in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Delta Junction reported three cases on Thursday, while Denali Borough reported three positive Covid cases during the past week.