Alaskans are getting COVID-19 in record numbers as some treatments’ scarcity is prompting a shift to prioritize those most at risk:
Avii Mafuao receives a COVID-19 test at a drive-through testing site at 4810 C Street in Anchorage on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Mafuao waited in line for more than hour.
Alaska reported two additional virus-related deaths Friday, involving two Anchorage residents in their 60s. Since the start of the pandemic, 955 Alaskans and 32 nonresidents in the state have died from the virus. Both the newness of the drug and the high demand amid surging case counts has led to its scarcity. But that likely won’t be the case for long, Cutchins said: It’s easier to ramp up production of the oral medication compared to monoclonal antibodies, which must be refrigerated when shipped and take more time to produce.
That group includes those whose immune systems won’t respond adequately to the vaccine or past infection because of underlying conditions, as well as people who aren’t current on their vaccine and are either age 75 and older, age 65 and older with risk factors or pregnant, according to the recommendations.The monoclonal antibody shipments arrive in one-week cycles, with enough to supply 13 therapy sites with six doses each, a total of 78 doses, Cutchins said.
“As the orals become more and more available, we actually have a lot less need for monoclonals,” he said.
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