FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 28, 2022
Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist
Phone: (907) 443-4591
Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 26 COVID-19 cases between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, March 27. Of the new cases, there were 20 in Nome, three in St. Michael, and one each in Brevig Mission, Elim, and Golovin.
If you are sick or test positive for COVID-19, please isolate for five days (starting from the first day of symptoms, or the day of the positive test if without symptoms), followed by five days of wearing a face mask around other people. End isolation if you are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medicine) and your symptoms are improving.
If you were exposed to COVID-19 as a close contact and are NOT up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
• Quarantine for five days
• Wear a well-fitted mask around others until day 10
• Get tested four to five days after exposure
If you were exposed to COVID-19 as a close contact and are up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations:
• You do not have to quarantine, unless you develop symptoms
• Wear a well-fitted mask around others until day 10
• Get tested four to five days after exposure
There are currently 58 active cases in the region: 35 in Nome, nine in St. Michael, three in Elim, three in Golovin, two in Shishmaref, two in Wales, two in White Mountain, and one each in Brevig and Stebbins.
