“Most folks actually probably don’t even understand that we still have this in place,” Alaska Health Commissioner Adam Crum said.
JUNEAU — Alaska’s state health commissioner is ending a public health emergency order that’s been in place in response to the pandemic.
Commissioner Adam Crum said the state health department has been working to ensure that measures needed to respond to COVID-19 are permanent or sustainable. The emergency order ends July 1,The end of the declaration will result in some program reductions including a reduction in extra food assistance benefits and federal reimbursement rates.
Alaska in February 2021 became one of two states without a formal COVID-19 public health disaster declaration. The declaration in place since March 2020 provided legal backing for state health orders, as well as flexibilities to respond to the virus and deliver vaccine to Alaskans. Gov. Mike Dunleavy let the declaration expire, saying the Legislature was the proper venue for an extension. The
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