Anchorage Health Department director Joe Gerace says there’ll be more testing and other changes after the recent 'perfect storm' of circumstances — severe weather, the holidays and staffing challenges — led to testing issues:
3,640 COVID-19 cases over two days, and with cases increasing significantly, more health care workers are calling in sick. Anchorage residents accounted for 2,062 of those cases.
“In totality, could it have been handled better? Probably,” he said. “But in truth, I think we had a pretty good response given the parameters.”privatize COVID-19 testing and halt further contracting with private entities While the Anchorage Health Department does not control the testing sites since there’s no contractual agreement, Gerace said the department does work with the private companies, sharing data and helping suggest certain places in Anchorage where a testing site might go.
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