South Peninsula Hospital announced last week it would begin offering free, rapid COVID-19 testing.
The reopenings are part of phase one of the borough’s approach to reopening responsibly.
Kenai, Homer, Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough and Anchor Point all reported cases.
DHSS also announced two other Alaska cases, one for Anchorage and one for Wasilla.
The nonprofit is serving about 650 meals a day across the peninsula.
The clinic will be located at 241 East Rockwell Ave. in Soldotna.
The platform would be purchased for no more than $400,000, with expected delivery in four to six months.
The state’s chief medical officer also addressed a surge of cases on the Kenai Peninsula.
The extension would be set to end Sept. 19.
Regents to meet next week.
Travelers will be asked to carry a form with them that has the results of their test.
Additional COVID-19 cases announced in Soldotna and in a nonresident visitor to the peninsula
4 of the new cases are on the southern peninsula, and Nikiski has its first case
Salmonfest director confident next year’s festival will go ahead as planned.
The Arctic Slope Native Association reported the first positive case in the North Slope region.
The man allegedly shipped 144 rainbow trout to Alaska that were released into a closed lake.
“If the quarantine doesn’t come off pretty soon, I think we’ll just be out of luck this year.”
The 10th running of the event this year would have been June 14.
People called in to testify.
The state also reported two additional resident cases and two additional nonresident cases.
