The Holland America Line cruise ship was slated to tie up at a private dock in downtown Juneau for two to three weeks before the start of the summer tourism season. Now it will go to Puerto Vallarta instead.
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Many public buildings in Juneau to close in response to coronavirus
The facilities will be closed until March 30, though that could be extended. City Hall remains open at this time.
Bartlett Regional Hospital will screen patients before admitting
All visitors to the front entrance of the hospital and the emergency department will have to pass through a yellow triage tent to answer a set of screening questions.
Newscast – Friday, March 13, 2020
In this newscast: Anchorage Republican Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux is charged with voter misconduct by state prosecutors, Bartlett Regional Hospital sets up triage tents to screen visitors for coronavirus, the Alaska Folk Festival is canceled, Sayeik Gastineau Community School closes for cleaning Friday after school officials learn a student was tested for “multiple viruses,” Canada’s announcement that it will close its ports to large cruise ships through July 1 will delay Alaska’s cruise season, state prisons restrict visitors in order to limit potential exposure, the City of Nome will not host any race-related festivities to celebrate the end of the 2020 Iditarod and organizers decide to cancel this year’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament.
Visits from family, friends temporarily suspended at state prisons
All visits from outside volunteers, friends and family are suspended effective immediately.
Newscast – Thursday, March 12, 2020
In this newscast: Two cruise ship companies announce they are suspending operations through the beginning of Alaska’s tourism season, Alaska’s major oil companies say they are screening workers before they fly to remote operations on the North Slope, some communities are still without ferry service even after the Department of Transportation signed a contract with a local Native corporation to provide limited service, state public health officials help organizations determine whether to cancel public events and the University of Alaska announces it will extend spring break by a week to allow instructors to move courses online.