FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 2022
Contact: Alexis Erikson, Public Relations Specialist
Phone: (907) 443-8918
39 COVID-19 Cases Identified over Weekend
Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 39 COVID-19 cases between Friday, March 11 and Sunday, March 13. Of the new cases, there were 31 in Nome, three in each Teller and St. Michael, and one in each White Mountain and Brevig.
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.
You do not need to test again for 90 days if you test positive for COVID-19. At the end of your five days of isolation, you should not retest unless specifically instructed to do so by NSHC. The CDC does not recommend regular testing for asymptomatic people, with some exceptions.
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 65 active cases in the region: 51 in Nome, four in each St. Michael and Stebbins, and three in each Brevig and Teller.
