While COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alaska remain lower than they were during the delta variant surge, the rapid spread of omicron is resulting in many health care staff being out of work due to being sick or exposure to COVID-19. Read more:
have been identified thus far in Alaska, omicron became the dominant variant in the U.S. late last year. State Epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin has said that the public health lab is screening positive COVID-19 tests for an “S gene target failure” and all indications are that omicron is the dominant variant in Alaska.
“We’ve watching this move across the country,” he said Friday. “This potential surge feels different.” “The hospitalizations were such a key metric that we kind of all had our heads wrapped around before,” Kosin said. “It’s a different equation than before.” Kosin said hospitals will continue to watch the spread of the variant, though it’s too early to know exactly what it will do. He said Alaska’s hospitals are preparing for the possibility that service could become limited by the staffing challenges. He said that’s likely something businesses outside of the health care sector are going to experience, too.
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