COVID19 – Page 55 – City and Borough of Juneau

During crowded Fourth of July festivities, unvaccinated people are required to mask up

Fourth of July festivities in Juneau – like the Gastineau Channel Fourth of July fireworks show, downtown parade, and Douglas events – are scheduled to take place next month. Local committees and organizations in charge of these events are moving forward with planning. As a reminder, individuals who are not fully vaccinated are required to wear masks in crowded outdoor events, like a parade or other event where six feet of social distancing cannot be maintained. This requirement is part of the City and Borough of Juneau’s COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies.

“The community has worked really hard with mitigation efforts, including vaccination. It’s a big accomplishment that 60 percent of Juneau’s population is fully vaccinated. So let’s celebrate this Fourth of July together. Please be considerate of your neighbors and remember to mask up when required,” City Manager Rorie Watt said.

Individuals who are required to wear masks in crowded outdoor events include all children ages 2-11, as well as anyone ages 12 and up who is not fully vaccinated.

Fully vaccinated means two weeks have passed since receiving a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine or the second dose in a two-dose series. To find opportunities to get a Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, go to juneau.org/vaccine or call 586-6000.

For more information, email [email protected].

June 9th, 2021|

CBJ reports six new COVID-19 cases in Juneau June 8 & 9

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting six new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau for June 8 and June 9. Public Health attributes four cases to secondary transmission and two are under investigation. The cluster associated with the small daycare is at nine cases, including two recovered.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,367 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 166 nonresidents. There are 25 active cases in Juneau and 1,503 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation. There is currently one person with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports 55 new people identified with COVID-19 in the past two days – 52 are residents and three are nonresidents. Alaska has had 67,763 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 2,825 nonresidents.

June 9th, 2021|

Reminder: Masks must be worn by everyone at hospital, airport, Capital Transit & other locations

While the City and Borough of Juneau no longer requires fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in most public settings, masks must still be worn by everyone – regardless of vaccination status – on Capital Transit, in the Juneau International Airport, Juneau School District facilities, Bartlett Regional Hospital, and any local business or workplace that still requires it. Please be considerate and respectful of local business’ guidelines, as well as to individual masking choices.

For information from CDC on masking guidelines for fully vaccinated people, go here.

For more information on CBJ’s masking rules, go here or read CBJ’s COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies.

June 9th, 2021|

Juneau’s 14-day COVID-19 recap: May 24 – June 6

Over the 14-day period from May 24 to June 6, there were 33 people in Juneau who tested positive for COVID-19 (that’s up from 24 during the previous two weeks):

27 percent of the cases were associated with a cluster involving a small daycare. To date, nine people have tested positive with two recovered.
Public Health attributed 70 percent of cases to secondary transmission, 15 percent to community spread, 12 percent to out-of-state travel, and three percent of the cases remain under investigation.
100 percent of cases were contacted for contact tracing within 24 hours of a positive test being returned.
Disease spread is proportionally higher among individuals under the age of 19 and less prevalent in those over the age of 60. There is case positivity among various racial groups (the category of individuals who self-identify as white is highest with 20), and more cases in females than males (70 percent/30 percent).

The community continues to see COVID-19 spread in the community with a higher proportion of cases occurring in youth under the age of 19. Three variants of concern have been identified in Juneau (Alpha/B1.1.7, Beta/B.1.351, and Gamma/P1). Vaccine update:

65.1 percent of the total population of Juneau has received at least 1 dose of vaccine and 60.5 percent has completed the vaccine series.
90 percent of the population in Juneau age 65+ has received at least one dose of vaccine and 87 percent has completed the vaccine series.

Read the full Emergency Operations Center Report, which included this weekly recap, as well as other reports here.

June 8th, 2021|

Upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinics this month

Currently, 65 percent of the Juneau population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Community members interested in getting one as well have many opportunities this month, including new pop-up clinics at Forbidden Peak Brewery, Glacier Cinemas, and the Downtown 20th Century Theatre.

Walk in, make an appointment here, or call 586-6000 for an upcoming City and Borough of Juneau/Public Health clinic:

Thursday, June 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Juneau Public Health Center, 3412 Glacier Hwy (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson if available)
Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the former CBJ Household Hazardous Waste facility, 5436 Commercial Blvd (Pfizer)
Wednesday, June 16, 12 – 2:30 p.m. at the True North Federal Credit Union, 2777 Postal Way next to Valley Post Office (Pfizer)
Thursday, June 17, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Juneau Public Health Center, 3412 Glacier Hwy (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson if available)
Friday, June 18, 5 – 8 p.m. at 20th Century Theatre, 222 Front St (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson if available)
Monday, June 21, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Glacier Cinemas, 9091 Cinema Dr (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson)
Thursday, June 24, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Juneau Public Health Center, 3412 Glacier Hwy (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson if available)
Friday, June 25, 2 – 6 p.m. at Forbidden Peak Brewery, 11798 Glacier Hwy (Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson)

Besides protecting yourself against COVID-19, here are some added incentives to getting a vaccine in June:

Sara, co-owner of Forbidden Peak Brewery, will buy a beer for the first 50 people to get a first or single dose vaccine at its June 25 clinic.
Gift card giveaway – Through June 29, get a first or single-dose vaccine at a CBJ/Public Health vaccine clinic, or a participating pharmacy or clinic, and you’ll immediately be given a $20 gift card to a local business through the Chamber of Commerce’s Healthy Juneau Initiative.
$1,000 raffle – Through June 29, get a first, single dose, or second dose vaccine at a CBJ/Public Health vaccine clinic, or a participating pharmacy or clinic, and get entered into one of five $1,000 cash drawings through the Chamber of Commerce’s Healthy Juneau Initiative. The drawings will occur on June 30.

Several Juneau pharmacies and clinics – Fred Meyer, Genoa Healthcare, Juneau Urgent Care, Ron’s Apothecary Shoppe, and Safeway – are also offering the COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson). Find those appointments here.

For more information, go to juneau.org/vaccine or call 586-6000.

June 8th, 2021|