Sitka’s recent coronavirus surge has kept the community in high alert for several weeks now, with active cases currently hovering in the low 200s. In response, Alaska’s top doctor spoke to the Sitka Assembly on Tuesday night (7-27-21) about local and statewide trends, “breakthrough” cases, and new guidance from the CDC for vaccinated individuals.
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The state’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink, will give a special report to the Sitka Assembly when it meets tonight (7-27-21).
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itka reported 14 more coronavirus cases over the weekend and four more hospitalizations.
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Sitkan Cathryn Klusmeier has been commercial fishing for nearly a decade. When she’s not on the boat, she’s writing, pushing toward her first book one essay at a time. She recently won a prestigious award, the Pushcart Prize, for an essay that contrasts fishing and her experience grappling with her late father’s chronic illness.
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Over the last two days, Sitka reported 64 coronavirus cases.
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Alaska Airlines says it prevented a COVID-19 infected passenger from boarding a flight in Seattle on Tuesday after they’d arrived from Alaska on a multi-leg trip that included Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan.
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Sitka health officials reported 43 new coronavirus cases over the weekend and five more hospitalizations.
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Twenty-two more Sitkans tested positive for the coronavirus today (Friday 7/16/21), bringing the city’s current active cases to 126. As the upward trend in positive COVID cases continues, Sitka will remain at a high alert level.
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The Sitka Emergency Command is now recommending masking and social distancing for Sitkans, regardless of coronavirus vaccination status.
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After months of back and forth, considering proposals, and then returning to the drawing board, the city is finally moving forward with a public/private haulout project at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park.
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