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Hours: Mondays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays 8AM-7PM Fridays, 8AM-7PM. 2020 Anchorage COVID-19 Response Operational Period 39: 3/6/21 - 3/20/21 . 103 N. 1st Ave Visit Healthcare is honored to be working with the Municipality of Anchorage on setting up five community testing sites across the city, said Dr. Patrick Miles, Visit Healthcares Chief Medical Officer. Community Levels and Community Case Rates. The Municipality of Anchorage is scaling back COVID-19 testing efforts, including reducing testing site hours and changing guidance on who should get tested, as the city continues grappling with a virus surge thats recently driven cases in the city to pandemic highs. 0000036197 00000 n
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Insurers, employers, taxpayers and other consumers will all be affected as drugmakers move these products to the commercial market in May. Im actually ensuring that, Gerace said. Increased testing capacity leads to quicker identification of cases and more effective disease containment., [Anchorage health officials say city should prepare for return to hunker-down, but mayor seeks more targeted measures]. So that has been what prompted this change.. Before joining the ADN, she interned for The Washington Post. Ward-Waller said the Anchorage Health Department is focused on aligning with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance which, according to an early August update, recommends testing for those who have symptoms of the virus, people who have a known exposure of someone with a confirmed or suspected case of the virus and people not fully vaccinated who either are prioritized for community screening or have been asked to get tested by school, work or a health care provider. Feeling Sick or Exposed to COVID-19 Now What? Morgan Krakow covers education and general assignments for the Anchorage Daily News. The sites will be open through Oct. 20. Cutting hours doesnt mean were cutting access for people. 0000038720 00000 n
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If youre lucky, you might be able to snag one from a local pharmacy for about $30, though theyve been selling out quickly. These sites are made possible by the willingness of local churches and municipal agencies to support the effort to contain community spread by promoting and increasing testing capacity. See theCDCs latest travel guidance. In a memo to the Anchorage Assemblys health policy committee last week, Anchorage Health Department chief medical officer Dr. Michael Savitt wrote that between Sept. 23 and 29, the citys percent positivity was 9%. "Visit Healthcare is honored to be working with the Municipality of Anchorage on setting up five community testing sites across the city," said Dr. Patrick Miles, Visit Healthcare's Chief Medical Officer. The new testing sites will also test asymptomatic individuals, or those who think they may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and are not showing symptoms. All sites are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Every day of the. Loussac Library 3600 Denali St Changepoint Church 6689 Changepoint Dr . Visit Healthcare is committed to slowing the spread of COVID-19, one VISIT at a time. Jul 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Healthcare, News, Nonprofits. they were still sitting in their pickup truck near ChangePoint Church, waiting to get . Changepoint Church 353 12,510 Eagle River 0 4,798 Fairview Recreation Center 0 1,831 . Heres a list of sites with some specific information: Alaska Airlines Center: The state-run Alaska Airline Center has been one of the busiest test sites in town in recent days, with lines of more than 50 cars at times. 0000065602 00000 n
We dont want to lose that connection., Municipality of Anchorage to Open Five Additional Testing Sites, ChangePoint Church, 6689 Changepoint Drive, Fairview Community Recreation Center, 1121 East 10, Anchorage Church of Christ, 2700 Debarr Road, Muldoon Community Assembly, 7041 Debarr Road. 0000000016 00000 n
Instructions: The tests are free to the public, and referrals arent required. Mountain View Urgent Care: The clinic in Mountain View has free walk-up tests available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport: Testing is behind security, near the Starbucks. Both are operated by Capstone Clinic. 0000038604 00000 n
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The state also lists limited testing of asymptomatic vaccinated persons, and recommends that people who are fully vaccinated against the virus and who are not showing symptoms or had recent exposure be exempted from routine screening programs if possible. We are here to help you and your family navigate through all of life's changes. On Friday, July 31, the Municipality of Anchorage will open five new COVID-19 testing sites. Click on image for more information on At-home COVID-19 Testing. Anchorage, along with the rest of Alaska, has seen a major surge in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations since July. Laboratory PCR tests are still available at many pharmacies, health care offices, urgent cares, private testing sites and at some schools or community testing sites. Two new testing sites will also open on Friday, August 28. Were happy to entertain those requests.. . Alarmingly, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are at the highest levels yet in Anchorage," said Bill Falsey, Incident Commander at the Emergency Operations Center. If you notice even mild symptoms, you should get tested. hbbbd`b``3
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Click on the button or scan this QR code with your smartphone camera or click on the link and share your experience. A referral from a provider wont be required, and both people experiencing symptoms and those who dont have symptoms but think they might have been exposed to the illness may get a test there, the Anchorage Emergency Operations Center said in a statement Wednesday. 0000070951 00000 n
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?O|! She also called states testing guidance a little bit more extensive.. We want you to know God and discover who He created you to be. Vaccine. How much you'll pay depends on your health insurance. The changes come at a moment when, according to state and city data, Anchorage is seeing its highest percentages of tests returning positive results since the start of the pandemic. Those other locations include a state-funded site at the Alaska Airlines Center, which doesnt list any guidance on who should be tested there, and the site at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which is labeled as offering asymptomatic testing only. [Because of a high volume of comments requiring moderation, we are temporarily disabling comments on many of our articles so editors can focus on the coronavirus crisis and other coverage. Officials and private vendors say they are working hard to set up more locations and add hours to ease the burden, but wait times can be as long as several hours at most testing sites. ChangePoint makes this library available to everyone in the church. Additionally, starting Friday, Visit Healthcare will scale back hours at several sites around the city by 108 hours each week, the company said. ANCHORAGE, AK On Friday, July 31, the Municipality of Anchorage will open five new COVID-19 testing sites. The sites will be operated by Visit Healthcare, a company that will also carry out testing for congregate living settings and essential workers in the city, according to Anchorage officials. 0000055531 00000 n
We havent seen that number at that level since back in November of 2020, Lawton said. People wait to be swabbed at the Visit Healthcare free COVID-19 community test site at the Loussac Library on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. So it is a substantial increase.. The strategy sets priorities for proactive testing to improve the Municipalitys ability to detect new cases of COVID-19 as early as possible and to limit wider transmission. Lex Treinen is covering the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for Alaska Public Media. 0000069967 00000 n
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The five testing sites will be located in the parking lots of the following: ChangePoint Church, 6689 Changepoint Drive, Fairview Community Recreation Center, 1121 East 10th Avenue, Anchorage Church of Christ, 2700 Debarr Road, Muldoon Community Assembly, 7041 Debarr Road, Z.J. =14
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Five additional COVID-19 testing sites will open Friday in the Municipality of Anchorage, the city's Emergency Operations Center announced Wednesday. The sites will also be performing regular, organized testing in congregate living facilities and for essential workers. 0000055993 00000 n
Staff say that demand has picked up substantially since it opened, so expect up to an hour and a half wait time. Days Activated: 2732020 Anchorage COVID-19 ResponseOperational Period 33: 11/7/20 - 12/5/20 Municipality of Anchorage Cases, Testing Data, Hospital Data, and Roadmap to Reopening Stoplights EOC Operations and Anchorage Health Department Contact Tracing EOC Resource Requests, 211 Report, and Finance Status Report 0000071352 00000 n
Contact her at mkrakow@adn.com. RELATED: Omicron wave hit Alaska this week, state health leaders say, -Try smaller sites: The Alaska Airlines Center the longest-running and highest-profile test site in Anchorage has been reporting wait times of more than two hours in recent days. 0000072272 00000 n
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It is about our relationship with Christ and how we invest our lives in the Kingdom, our families, and the communities we live in. Morgan Krakow covers education and general assignments for the Anchorage Daily News. Show Low, AZ 85901, Psychiatric Inpatient Facility There are sites open 7 days per week with free, confidential COVID-19 tests for residents of Anchorage. Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.. We were willing to change, to help you change. Nobody foresaw the delta variant cranking testing numbers up to 1,500 a day, he said. Tests at the new locations will be free and open to the public three days a week and do not require a referral from a doctor. 0000070468 00000 n
Anyone with any symptom of COVID-19 should get tested as soon as possible. If you are symptomatic, you can call 907-694-9567 and staff will come out and test you in a parked vehicle. ChangePoint offers services throughout the White Mountain area, providing a wide range of integrated behavioral health and medical care services including counseling, substance abuse treatment, psychiatry, therapeutic foster care, housing programs, vocational rehabilitation, primary medical care, and much more.
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