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Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced the State of Alaska is joining a Florida lawsuit against the Federal Center for Disease Control (CDC). The lawsuit challenges the CDC’s job-killing shutdown of the cruise industry through its Conditional Sailing Order on the grounds that it goes beyond the scope of the CDC’s legal authority. The Conditional Sailing Order also fails to recognize the cruise industry’s voluntary safety measures and the safe resumption of cruising in other countries. Over 400,000 passengers have returned to cruising in nearly a dozen other countries, resulting in less than 50 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Governor Announces Forthcoming Tourism Aid Initiative
Tuesday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Friday a forthcoming initiative to aid our impacted tourism, hospitality, and ancillary businesses in a press conference with local business owners at Wings Airways Hanger in Juneau. The governor’s proposal to provide resources to Alaska businesses in an effort to rescue this year’s tourism season includes an expansive national tourism campaign, major relief to tourism communities and businesses, and a readiness to file legal action against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) if the conditional sail order is not lifted.
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(SitNews) Juneau, Alaska -
Governor Mike Dunleavy has released a new COVID-19 recovery and transition plan that begins the process of moving Alaska to the path to normalcy while still effectively managing the virus. Today, Governor Dunleavy issued a
directive to all commissioners and state employees to continue following all policies regarding COVID-19 that were in place under the COVID-19 disaster declaration that expires today, February 14, 2021.
Over the next several weeks, commissioners will review and advise the governor on which policies are still necessary to keep in place to ease the burden on the public’s interaction with government, and which items he should allow to lapse. The administration is also issuing four health advisories that address general safety, travel and critical infrastructure, with appendices focusing on the seafood industry. The advisories are based on the latest epidemiological data and expertise within the Alaska Department of Healt
Alaska’s COVID-19 Public Health Disaster Response Extended
Friday PM (SitNews) Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy yesterday issued a Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration effective 12:00 am, January 15, 2021, until 12:00 am February 14, 2021, due to the continuation of the COVID-19 virus in the State of Alaska.
The Disaster Declaration enables the state’s ongoing response to the increased outbreak of COVID-19 and is necessary to manage the efficient and orderly administration of vaccines to Alaskans and address a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus identified in January 2021.
“While we are making major headway in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to Alaskans, administering vaccinations more quickly than most other states, the threat of this virus remains and it is imperative the state’s response is maintained through this disaster declaration,” said Governor Dunleavy.