COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2021 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 U.S. Gives Full Approval for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Nome, Alaska – On Monday, August 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 16 and older. It is still under emergency Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2021 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 Regional COVID-19 Cases Continue to Climb Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 34 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, August 18. Of the new cases, one is in Nome, 10 are in St. Michael, and 23 are in Stebbins. All Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2021 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 179 Active COVID-19 Cases in Region Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 15 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, August 17, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 179. Of the new cases, one is in Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2021 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591   Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 13 positive COVID-19 cases on Monday, August 16, bringing the total number of active cases to 181. Of the new cases, three are in Nome, one is in Unalakleet, seven are Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2021 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Over the weekend, NSHC identified a new outbreak of COVID-19 in the community of St. Michael as well as cases in Stebbins, Savoonga and other unnamed villages. On Friday, there were 38 cases in Stebbins and two Read More

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2021 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591   Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified a positive case on the evening of Friday, August 13, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 132. The patient is a resident of Nome. If Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2021 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591   Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified an additional 17 positive cases on Thursday, August 12, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 131. Thirteen of the new cases are Stebbins residents who tested Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2021 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 11 positive cases on Wednesday, August 11, and one positive case early Thursday morning, August 12, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 133. All cases identified on Wednesday were Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2021 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 128 Active COVID-19 Cases in Region Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 28 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, August 10, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 128. Of those 28 cases, one was a Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2021 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 101 Active COVID-19 Cases in Region Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 29 COVID-19 cases on Monday, August 9, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 101. Of those 29 cases, one was a Read More