FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2022
Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist
Phone: (907) 443-4591
Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 26 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Tuesday, March 29. Of the new cases, there were 10 in Nome, eight in St. Michael, four in Wales, two in Brevig Mission, one in Golovin, and one in Savoonga.
If you are sick or test positive for COVID-19, please isolate for five days (starting from the first day of symptoms, or the day of the positive test if without symptoms), followed by five days of wearing a face mask around other people. End isolation if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medicine) and your symptoms are improving.
If you were exposed to COVID-19 as a close contact and are NOT up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
• Quarantine for five days
• Wear a well-fitted mask around others until day 10
• Get tested four to five days after exposure
If you were exposed to COVID-19 as a close contact and are up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
• You do not have to quarantine, unless you develop symptoms
• Wear a well-fitted mask around others until day 10
• Get tested four to five days after exposure
A close contact is defined as someone who spends 15 or more minutes within six feet of an infectious individual. If both individuals are masked, they are not considered close contacts.
There are currently 67 active cases in the region: 36 in Nome, 13 in St. Michael, five in Wales, three in Shishmaref, two in Brevig, two in Stebbins, two in White Mountain, and one each in Elim, Golovin, Savoonga, and Unalakleet.
