Seafood Worker is First in Valdez to Test Positive for COVID-19, Brings Industry Total to Eight
Update: COVID-19 and Alaska’s Salmon Season
More evidence that the seafood industry’s protocols against COVID-19 are working was announced on Friday with the first positive case in Valdez of an asymptomatic seafood worker.
"The patient was identified as part of a routine employer screening put in place specifically to protect their workforce and our community,” Dr. Angela Alfaro, physician consultant to the Valdez Unified Command, said on Friday.
The contact/trace investigation is ongoing.
Louisa Castrodal of Alaska’s epidemiological task force ...
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