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Alaska Insight

Protecting Rural Alaskan Communities from COVID-19

Season 3 Episode 24 | 26m 50s

With the added strain of COVID-19 how are rural Alaska health officials preparing?

With the additional strain COVID-19 is putting on local health care providers, how is rural Alaska preparing to stop the spread of coronavirus in their small, isolated communities? Lori Townsend is joined by Tim Struna, Public Health Nursing Chief for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, and Dr. Ellen Hodges, the Medical Chief of Staff for Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.

04/17/2020

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Alaska Insight is a local public television program presented by AK

Alaska Insight

Protecting Rural Alaskan Communities from COVID-19

Season 3 Episode 24 | 26m 50s

With the additional strain COVID-19 is putting on local health care providers, how is rural Alaska preparing to stop the spread of coronavirus in their small, isolated communities? Lori Townsend is joined by Tim Struna, Public Health Nursing Chief for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, and Dr. Ellen Hodges, the Medical Chief of Staff for Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.

04/17/2020

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