Talk Of Alaska

A sign for a COVID-19 vaccine clinic adminstered by Visit Healthcare at Tikahtnu Commons in Anchorage on Aug. 2, 2021 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) The delta variant of COVID-19 is more contagious, is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated people, and breakthrough cases in vaccinated Alaskans are also adding fuel to a rise in positive testing rates. Mask wearing indoors is again recommended for everyone to slow the spread of the virus. With case counts numbering in the hundreds per day in Alaska, what are health officials preparing for? Listen here: HOST: Lori Townsend GUESTS: Jared Kosin President/CEO, Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home AssociationDr. Elizabeth Bates Director of Infection Control, Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Highlights: Health officials continue to sound the alarm about the surge in COVID cases across the country and in Alaska. “The original COVID could infect two to three people. This version of the virus can infect between five and eight ind