**COVID-19 HEALTH MANDATE**
Issued:
March 27, 2020
By: Governor
Mike Dunleavy
Commissioner Adam Crum, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer, State of Alaska
Commissioner Adam Crum, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer, State of Alaska
To prevent the spread of
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the State of Alaska is issuing its twelfth
health mandate based on its authority under the Public Health Disaster
Emergency Declaration signed by Governor Mike Dunleavy on March 11, 2020.
Given the increasing concern for
new cases of COVID-19 being transmitted via community spread within the state,
Governor Dunleavy and the State of Alaska are issuing the following mandate
to go into effect March 28, 2020 at 8:00 am and will be reevaluated by
April 11, 2020.
This mandate is issued to protect
the public health of Alaskans. The Governor looks to establish consistent
mandates across the State in order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. The goal
is to flatten the curve and disrupt the spread of the virus.
The purpose of this mandate is to
control the movement of individuals within Alaska in order to prevent, slow,
and otherwise disrupt the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
The State of Alaska and Alaska
Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) acknowledge the importance of
minimizing intrastate travel to avoid introducing new COVID-19 cases into
Alaska communities and slow the spread of the virus in state. It is imperative
that Alaskans heed these guidelines.
Critical infrastructure is vital to
keeping Alaska safe, and as a result businesses and employees of critical
infrastructure industries must, to the extent reasonably feasible, take
reasonable care to protect their staff and operations during this pandemic. If
your business is included in “Alaska’s Essential Services and Critical
Infrastructure” (formerly Attachment A), you must submit a travel plan or
protocol for maintaining critical infrastructure to akcovidplans@ak-prepared.com. The plan should
outline how you will avoid the spread of COVID-19 and not endanger the lives of
the communities in which you operate, of others who serve as a part of that
infrastructure, or the ability of that critical infrastructure to function. If
you have already submitted a plan pursuant to Health Mandate 10.1 related to
interstate travel, you do not need to submit another plan.
Critical infrastructure includes
those items listed in “Alaska’s Essential Services and Critical Infrastructure”
(formerly Attachment A) https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/03232020-COVID-19-Health-Mandate-010-Attachment-A.pdf
Health
Mandate 012 – Intrastate Travel – Limiting travel between communities to
critical infrastructure or critical personal needs.
Effective
8:00 am March 28, 2020
All in-state travel between
communities, whether resident, worker, or visitor, is prohibited unless travel
is to support critical infrastructure, or for critical personal needs. Certain
Small Alaskan communities may implement further travel restriction pursuant to
“Alaska Small Community Emergency Travel Order - Attachment B.”
Personal travel is prohibited
except as necessary to meet critical personal needs or work in critical
infrastructure jobs. Critical personal needs include buying, selling, or
delivering groceries and home goods; obtaining fuel for vehicles or residential
needs; transporting family members for out-of-home care, essential health
needs, or for purposes of child custody exchanges; receiving essential health
care; providing essential health care to a family member; obtaining other
important goods; and engaging in subsistence activities. Travelers are reminded
to follow social distancing measures, including, to the extent reasonably
feasible, keeping six feet away from others, avoiding crowded places, and
limiting public gatherings to less than ten people. Read the “Mandate 11 and 12 FAQ’s”
for more details.
No one traveling to or from any
community for critical reasons or critical personal travel may be subject to
any automatic quarantine or isolation on arrival except as allowed under Alaska
Statutes or Health Mandates.
Air carriers and other travel-related businesses have no duty to verify that intrastate travelers meet the criteria for permissible travel under this heath mandate. Air carriers shall inquire if travelers are permitted to travel under this mandate and shall rely upon a traveler’s assurance that they are eligible to travel.
***This Mandate supersedes any local government or tribal mandate,
directive, or order restricting intrastate travel ***
For the latest information on COVID-19, visit coronavirus.alaska.gov
State of Alaska COVID-19 Mandate 012
Mandates available at https://gov.alaska.gov/home/covid19-healthmandates/
State of Alaska COVID-19 Mandate 012
Mandates available at https://gov.alaska.gov/home/covid19-healthmandates/
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