To best protect our community and respond to the current surge in COVID-19 cases requiring hospitalization, Bartlett Regional Hospital is updating its visitor policy and evaluating surgeries to determine the level of urgency. “The surge of COVID-19 infections is concerning,” said Chief Executive Officer Rose Lawhorne. “We see increased deaths …
People who are moderately to severely immunocompromised should receive an additional dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine after the initial two doses to ensure adequate protection against COVID-19, as recommended by the CDC. The additional dose should take place at least 28 days after a second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 …
The Juneau Public Health Center is offering two upcoming Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinics for students ages 12 years and up – Thursday, August 26 at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School and Thursday, September 2 at Floyd Dryden Middle School. Any Juneau student 12 years old and up is welcome to get …
Starting today, the City and Borough of Juneau COVID-19 case count updates will be different. The high rate of spread and infection in Alaska from the COVID-19 delta variant has caused significant strain on the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health’s ability to process lab …
The City and Borough of Juneau held a press conference Friday, August 20, at 9 a.m. to talk about the community’s COVID-19 risk level elevating to High. CBJ Emergency Operations Center Incident Commander Mila Cosgrove and Bartlett Regional Hospital CEO Rose Lawhorne offered the following prepared statements. CBJ Emergency Operations …
All three Juneau Public Libraries will have reduced hours starting Monday, August 23, as staff are reassigned to help with pandemic response. Juneau has been seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases in the community due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. As of Monday, August 23: Downtown and Valley libraries …
The public will have an opportunity to weigh in on a vote-by-mail proposal during the Monday, August 23 Juneau Assembly meeting. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Join online at https://juneau.zoom.us/j/91515424903 or call 1-253-215-8782 with Webinar ID: 915 1542 4903. The proposal is to renovate an existing City and Borough …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center reports 35 new individuals – 34 residents and one nonresident – identified with COVID-19 for August 20. Of the resident cases, Public Health attributes four to secondary transmission, three to community spread, three to out-of-state travel, and the rest are under …
Thank you to everyone who tuned in to Tuesday’s COVID-19 Community Update. In case you missed it, staff with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) joined members of the City and Borough of Juneau’s Emergency Operations Center to give a presentation and help answer questions from the …
The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center reports 27 new individuals – 22 residents and five nonresidents – identified with COVID-19 for August 19. CBJ also reports one new death in Juneau. The individual – a male Juneau resident in his 50s – died at Bartlett Regional Hospital …
