CDC guidance

Topics for the
General Public

• Asthma
• Breastfeeding
• Businesses/Employers
• Childcare
• Children
• Cruise Ships/Returning Passengers
• Dental Settings
• FAQs
• Faith-based Organizations
• Feces
• Health Care
• Hemodialysis Facilities
• High Risk Groups
• HIV
• Homeless
• Hot Tubs and Pools
• Infants
• Isolation
• Long Term Care Facilities/Nursing Homes
• Masks/Personal Protective Equipment
• Older Adults
• Pets and Other Animals
• Pregnant Women
• Preparedness
• Prevention
• Quarantine
• Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities
• Schools
• Symptoms
• Testing for COVID-19
• Travel
• Water/Wastewater

Note: this is not an exhaustive list of the currently available CDC guidance.  For more information, please visit the CDC COVID-19 homepage.

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How is DHSS responding to COVID-19?

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is actively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska. We are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and federal, Tribal, state and local partners to respond to this continuously evolving public health threat.

Where can I find the latest updates?

• Ten new cases of COVID-19 detected in six Alaska communities
  April 1, 2020
• COVID-19 Press Briefing
  April 2, 2020
• Dr Zink's Alaska COVID-19 PowerPoint Presentation
  (Dr Zink's Presentation is also available as a PDF)
  April 2, 2020
• View all Media & Communications

We provide information about how to keep yourself and your family healthy on this website, but you can learn more about Alaska's other response efforts by visiting:

• COVID-19 News and Video from the Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy
• Unified Command: Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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Latest data on COVID-19 in Alaska

What you should know about the Health Mandates

View all health mandates issued by Governor Mike Dunleavy, DHSS Commissioner Adam Crum, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink.

Share Alaska's latest COVID-19 Health Mandates and FAQs to help spread the word:

• Mandate 010: March 23, 2020
  International and Interstate Travel, Order for Self Quarantine
• Mandate 010 Attachment A:
  Alaska Critical Workforce Infrastructure
• Mandate 010 Attachment B:
  Travel Declaration Form 
• Mandate 010 Attachment C:
  Traveler Handout 
• Mandate FAQs:
• FAQ for Mandate 010  
• Mandate 010 Worker Mitigation Plan:
  Alaska Critical Industries COVID-19 Worker Mitigation Plan
  

Personal Care Services & Gatherings Statewide