State reports 11 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 11 new residents in the Juneau community identified with COVID-19 for December 3.

Please note: Starting this Monday, December 6, the DHSS cases dashboard will update three times a week – on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – and DHSS will begin issuing its COVID-19 summary emails only on those days as well. To stay in line with DHSS’s reporting schedule, the City and Borough of Juneau will issue COVID-19 case count updates – like what you’re reading right now – only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Statewide, DHSS reports 318 new people identified with COVID-19 – 312 are residents and six are nonresidents. Alaska has had 146,558 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,426 nonresidents.

December 3rd, 2021|

State reports 13 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 13 new residents in the Juneau community identified with COVID-19 for December 2. No one from the Juneau School District has tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday.

Please note: Starting this coming Monday, December 6, the DHSS cases dashboard will update three times a week – on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – and DHSS will begin issuing its COVID-19 summary emails only on those days as well. To stay in line with DHSS’s reporting schedule, the City and Borough of Juneau will issue COVID-19 case count updates – like what you’re reading right now – only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Statewide, DHSS reports 349 new people identified with COVID-19 – 347 are residents and two are nonresidents. The state also reports two recent deaths, bringing the total number of resident deaths to 853:

  • Male Anchorage resident in his 20s
  • Male Dillingham Census Area resident in his 30s

Alaska has had 146,247 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 5,420 nonresidents.

December 2nd, 2021|

Why to vaccinate: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Lauren Hopson

“Many parents are asking me, ‘Why should I vaccinate my kids if they would likely only have mild symptoms from COVID-19?’ Here are my top reasons to vaccinate your child:

  • Some kids do get very sick. We saw higher rates of kids being hospitalized from the Delta variant and some kids have long-term complications like Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome.
  • We don’t want kids to pass on this deadly virus to people who are more susceptible to having severe symptoms, like grandparents.
  • The more people who are vaccinated, the fewer hosts for COVID-19 to mutate and form new variants. We are seeing this now with the Omicron variant.
  • Vaccines are one tool we can use to prevent future variants and keep our kids in school and doing what they love to do.”

Lauren Hopson is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Glacier Pediatrics in Juneau.

City and Borough of Juneau and partners are holding a free Pfizer vaccine clinic for kids age 5-11 this Saturday, December 4, at Riverbend Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register your child at juneau.org/vaccine, call 907-586-6000, or simply walk in. This is CBJ’s last pediatric vaccine clinic of the year. The Riverbend clinic will offer first and second doses.

December 2nd, 2021|

Public can submit proposals for Marine Passenger Fee proceeds starting Dec. 3

Every year, the City and Borough of Juneau asks city departments and the public, including businesses and the visitor industry, for project proposals to be funded with Marine Passenger Fee proceeds. This year, proposals can be submitted December 3, 2021 through January 3, 2022.

Juneau voters in 1999 passed a proposition that assigned a fee of $5 per cruise ship passenger. The fee assists in funding projects or operational services that provide services to cruise ships and passengers, and mitigate community impacts created by the cruise ship industry.

Proposals must be submitted by January 3, 2022 to [email protected] or the City Manager’s Office, attention Susan Phillips, 155 S. Seward Street, Juneau, Alaska 99801.

The City Manager will develop a draft recommendation list of projects to be funded by Marine Passenger Fee proceeds, followed by a 30-day public comment period. All Marine Passenger Fee project proposals and comments will be forwarded along with the City Manager’s recommendation list to the Assembly Finance Committee for review, and then to the Assembly for consideration during the upcoming budget cycle.

For more information, contact Susan Phillips in the City Manager’s Office at 586-5240 or [email protected], or go to the Marine Passenger Fee Program webpage.

December 2nd, 2021|

COVID-19 vaccine clinic for kids age 5-11 this Saturday at Riverbend

A free Pfizer Vaccine Clinic for kids age 5-11 is happening this Saturday, December 4, at Riverbend Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vaccinating children against COVID-19 is safe and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Register your child at juneau.org/vaccine, call 907-586-6000, or simply walk in. This is the City and Borough of Juneau’s last pediatric vaccine clinic of the year.

The Riverbend clinic will offer first and second doses. If your kid needs a first dose, register at juneau.org/vaccine or 907-586-6000. If you’ve already registered your child for their second dose, there’s no need to register again. If you haven’t though, do make an appointment at juneau.org/vaccine or 907-586-6000. The Riverbend clinic will also accommodate walk-ins.

If your child is getting their second dose, don’t forget to bring their vaccine card.

Please note the following:

  • Youth ages 5-11 must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian or a caregiver. If a parent/legal guardian isn’t able to be there, a caregiver is required to bring a printed and completed parent permission form to the clinic appointment.
  • Possible side effects from the pediatric vaccine include pain, redness, and swelling on the arm where your child got the shot, as well as tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea throughout the rest of their body. These side effects may affect your child’s ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days. Some people have no side effects and severe allergic reactions are rare.

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines for children from this CDC webpage or this Alaska Health and Social Services information sheet.

Again, here are the details:

WHAT: Vaccine clinic for all Juneau kids age 5-11
WHEN: Saturday, December 4, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE: Riverbend Elementary School, 2901 Riverside Drive
HOW: Register your child at juneau.org/vaccine, call 907-586-6000, or simply walk in

The clinic is organized by CBJ in partnership with Juneau Public Health Center, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau School District, local pediatricians, and other community organizations.

For more information, call 586-6000 or email [email protected].

December 2nd, 2021|
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