COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A Norton Sound Health Corporation employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, July 10. The employee’s positive result was found through routine testing, and NSHC is highly confident the testing found the infection in an early phase Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Three patients tested positive for COVID-19 in the Norton Sound/Bering Strait region on Thursday, July 9. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing have been informed of the cases and will follow up with investigations into Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674   Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation was notified Wednesday, July 8, that a resident of the region tested positive for COVID-19 while elsewhere in the state. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing are Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – On Tuesday, June 30, a regional resident tested positive for COVID-19 while outside of the region. The State of Alaska informed NSHC of this positive test on Thursday, July 2. The patient has been contacted by state Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation found the region’s 10th positive COVID-19 case on Tuesday evening. Preliminary information indicates this case is travel-related. The patient has been contacted and is safely isolating. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Norton Sound Health Corporation routine testing for employees confirmed another positive COVID-19 case over the weekend, this time in a regional village. The patient has been contacted and is safely isolating. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Read More

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation COVID-19 testing revealed another positive result late Thursday, June 25. This patient is an employee at NSHC’s Quyanna Care Center. The patient has not traveled out of the region for the past three Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – On Tuesday, June 23, the State of Alaska notified Norton Sound Health Corporation that a resident of the region tested positive for COVID-19 while working elsewhere in the state. This patient will count as the region’s seventh Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Norton Sound Health Corporation has additional details to share about its fifth positive case of COVID-19, which was identified as a patient from one of the region’s villages. On Friday, June 12, the patient tested positive for COVID-19 on NSHC’s Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 A sixth patient in the Norton Sound/Bering Strait region has tested positive for COVID-19. This patient agreed to disclose their home community of Nome and that the testing was done in accordance with the City of Nome’s emergency order related Read More