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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Three regional residents tested positive for COVID-19 late in the evening on Friday, August 28. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing have been notified of the cases and are conducting investigations of Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation was notified of two regional residents who tested positive for COVID-19 while outside the region. They were reported on Thursday, August 27, and are not related to one another. The State of Alaska Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation received positive COVID-19 results for two regional patients. On Monday, August 24, a regional resident tested positive for the virus while outside of the region. The patient was not in the region during Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A patient tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, August 22. The patient is a village-based employee of Norton Sound Health Corporation who was tested as part of routine employee testing. The patient has been notified of their Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – NSHC received COVID-19 test results for three positive patients on the evening Thursday, August 20. Two of the patients are connected and close contacts, and the third case is unrelated. All three have been informed of their Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A patient whose test resulted positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning is connected to a cluster of confirmed cases in the region, which originated with a pair of travel-related cases announced last week. The patient agreed to Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A Norton Sound Health Corporation employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The patient agreed to share their home community of Nome, where they are now safely isolating. NSHC notified the State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – On Tuesday, August 18, Norton Sound Health Corporation received a positive COVID-19 test result for a patient located in Gambell. The patient was tested as part of follow-up testing of close contacts related to a case announced Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A fourth patient has tested positive in connection to one of two travel-related cases announced on Tuesday, August 11. The patient is a resident of Diomede, where they are safely isolating and have been under a quarantine Read More