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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 On November 16, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified three positive COVID-19 cases in the region. Two of the patients – one resident of Nome and one non-resident of the region – tested positive in accordance with the City of Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 Over the weekend, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified two additional COVID-19 positive cases. The first patient is a resident in a regional village who received their COVID-19 positive test results on Sunday, November 15. NSHC has notified the patient, Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 On November 13, Norton Sound Health Corporation received three positive COVID-19 results. The patients agreed to allow NSHC to share their home community of Nome, where they are safely isolating. The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   Late in the evening of November 12, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified three positive COVID-19 cases. The patients agreed to allow NSHC to share their home community of Nome, where they are safely isolating. All patients tested positive Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   On November 11, Norton Sound Health Corporation received two positive COVID-19 results. The first patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is a resident of Nome. The second patient who tested positive in Nome is from the region. Both Read More

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 11, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   On November 10, Norton Sound Health Corporation received four positive COVID-19 results in the Region. The first two patients are travel related. Their positive results were found through the City of Golovin’s travel mandate. The leadership in Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2020 Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918   NSHC Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 Nome, Alaska –A Norton Sound Health Corporation employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, November 8. The employee was not in the region or at work during any part of their infectious Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-4591 Nome, Alaska – On November 7, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified a positive COVID-19 case in a resident of the village of Elim. The case is considered to be travel-related, and any close contacts will need to quarantine for Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: (907) 443-8918 Nome, Alaska – Three Stebbins residents are safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on November 4. The new cases bring the total number in the village to 64 since the outbreak began on September 19, with 23 currently Read More