COVID-19

The Liitfik Wellness and Treatment Center will eventually live in a new, two-story building across the street from the Norton Sound Regional Hospital (pictured), according to NSHC President Angie Gorn. Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM.

The Norton Sound and Bering Strait region is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. NSHC identified 15 new cases in the region Oct. 13, bringing the total number of active cases in the region to 117.

Exterior of Nome hospital in winter time.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Oct. 2 activated crisis standards of care for 20 of the state’s 31 health care facilities, including Norton Sound Health Corporation.

Face masks stacks on top of one another on a table.

The State Department of Health and Social Services on Oct. 2 activated the crisis standards of care for Norton Sound Health Corporation along with 19 other state health care facilities.

The Nome Common Council voted on Sept. 27 to extend the declaration of a local emergency in Nome in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new expiration date for the local emergency is Jan. 31, 2022.

Nome Common Council member gathered around a table in a conference room

The Nome Common Council Sept. 13 voted to declare three properties in the city public nuisances.

A healthcare worker administering the Covid vaccine to a patient..

Norton Sound Health Corporation now offers COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to those at least six months past their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines.

Within the last month, the Norton Sound Region has experienced the most pronounced spike in COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic.

A long table with a gavel resting on it. American flag in background.

The Nome Common Council made no changes on Monday night regarding the lack of required COVID-19 testing at Nome Airport, but planned for potential future mitigations.

A view of St. Michael. Photo: KNOM File.

A single, travel-related case of COVID-19 kicked off the biggest community outbreak Stebbins has seen since the fall of 2020.

The first day for all schools in the Bering Strait districts is August 25. White Mountain’s school began, August 23. Due to the rise of the Delta COVID-19 variant in Alaska and nationwide, schools are obliged to continue COVID-19 mitigation measures.