Petersburg Medical Center announced a breakdown of the current COVID outbreak cases as of Wednesday afternoon. Out of 36 active cases so far, one has been a person who was fully vaccinated. The person had two shots of the vaccine followed by at least two weeks of time to build immunity. They had no symptoms.
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Petersburg’s COVID cases continue to climb from an outbreak that appears to have begun last week. There were 36 positive cases as of this morning at 8 a.m. The positivity rate of those being tested is 9.3 percent.
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Many Petersburg residents are rallying behind a family left homeless after a February 15 fire destroyed their Scow Bay rental. Donations have poured in and fundraisers have begun. But not everyone was so nice. Hours after flames gutted the house, looters entered the wreckage and stole firearms and other treasures in a safe.
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The State’s emergency declaration expired over the weekend. However, masking rules and most other protocols in Petersburg will not change around town or at the schools, at least for the time being.
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The small town of Petersburg is like many in Alaska these days, finding its residents split on different issues—whether it’s COVID or politics. Neighbors disagree with each other and tempers flare on social media. But this Southeast community has come together this year for a single cause, raising tens of thousands of dollars for a 13-year-old boy fighting cancer a thousand miles away in a cancer ward in Seattle.
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