SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium issued the following announcement on Feb. 27.
Let’s Keep it that Way.
Since early January, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been actively engaged in the international response to the rapidly escalating outbreak of respiratory infections linked to the 2019 novel coronavirus. The new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Cases of the disease, now known as COVID-19, have since been reported across China and in many other countries around the globe including the United States.
At present, this new strain of coronavirus infection is only being found in people who have recently visited Wuhan, China or who have had close contact with someone who developed the disease from exposure to it there. Government travel restrictions, mass quarantines and airline flight suspensions have now all but halted travel between China and the United States. Health officials are stressing that, at this point, the risks posed to Alaskans are minimal.
The rapid spread of the coronavirus suggests it is transmitted person-to-person, like the way other influenzas spread: An infected person coughs out moist droplets containing the virus and another person breathes them in. Coronaviruses typically cause mild symptoms like those associated with the common cold.
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Source: SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
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