FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2022
Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist
Phone: (907) 443-4591
Nome, Alaska –Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 39 new COVID-19 cases in the region between Friday, Mar. 4 and Sunday, Mar. 6. Of the new cases, there were 30 in Nome, four in Brevig Mission, three in Stebbins, and one each in Koyuk and 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
There are currently 92 active cases in the region: 62 in Nome, 11 in Stebbins, eight in Brevig, six in Koyuk, three in Shishmaref, and two cases in Savoonga.