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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/COVID-19 cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have decreased slightly in the past week after hitting a 10-month high for announced cases the week prior. The decline follows a slight drop in cases statewide during this same time period. -
Olivia Ebertz/Last month, the City of Bethel told their employees that they could either get vaccinated against COVID-19, get an exemption, or lose their jobs. The remaining few unvaccinated employees are on administrative leave. Some are looking for new jobs.
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COVID-19 and flu vaccines are available at the Bethel YKHC hospital and village health clinics, and you can receive both on the same day. -
“Studies have shown that when you take students out of school it has the opposite effect: they are exposed to more virus in the community, and they are more likely to get COVID,” said YKHC Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges.
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Residents can look forward to running faucets, flush toilets, showers, and washing machines.
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Bethel Police Chief Richard Simmons said that the pedestrian was transported by first responders to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation emergency department with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is offering monoclonal antibody treatment in villages for qualified people with COVID-19. The treatment is highly effective at halting the disease’s progression in people with mild to moderate symptoms. The antibodies were previously only available to patients in Bethel.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation continues to operate under crisis standards of care. President and CEO Dan Winkelman explained what precipitated that decision.
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Over the last seven days, COVID-19 cases in the Y-K Delta and the state of Alaska have increased substantially; the reported national numbers have stayed constant.
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“The move to Crisis Standards of Care is not something we take lightly,” Fairbanks Chief Medical Officer Dr. Angelique Ramirez said in a statement. “This is in response to a very serious surge of COVID in our community.”
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is holding a virtual town hall on Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m. to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the region and answer the public’s questions. The event will occur over Zoom and be live-streamed on Facebook. KYUK will broadcast the town hall live on 640 AM.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that it was at capacity and activating crisis care standards on Sept. 29. Crisis care means that there…
