Another resident of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation's long term care facility in Bethel tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 25. YKHC said that the person is currently asymptomatic and is self-isolating.
This is the third resident of the Yukon Kuskokwim Elders Home to contract the virus after two Elders tested positive on Nov. 8. Those two residents remained asymptomatic for the duration of their infection and have cleared their isolation requirements. An employee at the facility tested positive a day before the first two residents.
YKHC was testing its facility staff twice per week, and its residents once a week. Following the Nov. 25 infection, it will be testing everyone once every three days. There are 15 residents at the YK Elders Home in Bethel.
