The average age of seriously ill patients with the virus has dropped by nearly 10 years, state health officials say. Hospitals say they also need more care.
Vaccine holdouts in covid hotspots roll up their sleeves as delta variant takes hold. Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and other states report double-digit growth in vaccinations in the last two weeks.
The Department of Health and Social Services said 100 people statewide are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 16 on ventilators.
The findings from the Fourth of July outbreak also showed that vaccinated people had greater protection against severe disease even though they could spread the virus.
Emphasizing personal choice and deferring the city’s new chief medical officer, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is taking a largely different tactic in handling the COVID-19 pandemic than his predecessors.
The state’s latest guidance is in line with the new CDC recommendation that vaccinated people mask up in indoor public spaces in places where “substantial or high” coronavirus transmission exists.
The document cites recently obtained data showing that vaccinated individuals infected with the delta variant may be able to transmit the virus as easily as those who are unvaccinated.
Alaska’s sole congressman was hospitalized for several days in November after testing positive for COVID-19. In the video, the congressman emphasized that he has gotten the vaccine and said, “I know it works.”
As the delta variant surges, the significance of breakthrough infections remains unclear.
Hospitalizations around the state, especially in Anchorage, are also at levels not seen since the winter. The state was reporting 94 people with COVID-19 hospitalized as of Wednesday.
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Alaska hospital administrators during a briefing Tuesday stopped short of urging policy makers to adopt mandates.
The new directive, planned for Thursday, comes as the White House tries to halt the delta variant’s spread.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging.
Alaska on Monday reported 96 COVID-19-related hospitalizations statewide — a sharp increase from 80 on Friday and 70 last Wednesday.
Employees will have eight weeks to get vaccinated.
Medical groups representing millions of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health workers framed vaccinations as a moral imperative as new infections mount sharply.
The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.
A rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the state is putting renewed focus on hospital capacity in Alaska’s largest city and pandemic precautions.
