DHSS COVID-19 updates

We provide information about how to keep yourself and your family healthy on this website. Learn more about Alaska's coordinated response efforts:

• How DHSS is responding to COVID-19
  
• State of Alaska COVID-19 Information
• Unified Command

What's new?

• Four new cases of COVID-19 reported in three Alaska communities; one new nonresident case reported in a seafood worker in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area
  May 23, 2020
  
• COVID-19 State of Alaska Guidelines for Re-Initiation of In Person Early Intervention Home Visits
  May 22, 2020
• COVID-19 town hall meeting
  May 21, 2020
  
• COVID-19 testing for critical infrastructure workers available soon at Anchorage and Fairbanks airports
  May 19, 2020
  

Where to go to get tested

• Testing Site Locator
  If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, isolate yourself from others and call a provider to get tested. If you require medical attention, call your doctor before going in.

Data and maps

The Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub provides information, maps and resources about the coronavirus response in our local area. Learn more about the recent to the data structure in the Alaska Coronavirus Response Hub Updates.

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

What Alaskans need to know

• Dr Anne Zink's presentations

• COVID-19 press briefings

• Health Mandates

• Health Alerts

Latest updates for health care professionals

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  May 21, 2020
  
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  May 14, 2020
  
• Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing in Alaska
  May 6, 2020
  
• View more resources for health care professionals
  

Latest guidance and resources from CDC

Have questions about COVID-19?

• For general questions and assistance, please call 2-1-1.
• Questions regarding DHSS COVID response, including mandates and alerts, can be sent to covidquestions@alaska.gov.
• Health care providers should direct clinical questions to the Section of Epidemiology.
• If you are a member of a media and have a question, visit our newsroom for resources and contacts.