• The White House encourages you to visit coronavirus.gov to learn ways to keep you, your family and your community safe.
• Information from the Municipality of Anchorage
• The Anchorage School District (ASD) is announcing a school closure, extending spring break for one week, for students. Detailed guidance for District employees will be released, March 13, 2020. Click HERE for more info
• An update from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
• Updates from the University of Alaska Anchorage

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services 

COVID-19: General Public

What you need to know

Resources for Alaskans from DHSS

• What can Alaskans do to prepare for the novel coronavirus
• What you need to know about the COVID-19
• Handwashing posters
• COVID-19 Traveler Information

Resources for everyone from CDC

• COVID-19 website
• What you should know
• Preventing COVID-19 spread in communities
• What to do if you are sick
• COVID-19 care: Instructions for self-quarantine
• Frequently asked questions
• Travel information

Resources for everyone from SAMHSA

• Taking care of your behavioral health
  Tips for social distancing, quarantine and isolation during an infectious disease outbreak
• What You Should Know
• Talking with children
  Tips for caregivers, parents and teachers during infectious disease outbreaks
• Coping with stress during infectious disease outbreaks

Prevention & Preparedness

Preventative activities Alaskans can practice every day:

• Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if you don’t have soap and water. Hang these handwashing posters around your home and workplace.
• Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue you throw away after use or the inside of your elbow if you don’t have a tissue handy.
• Avoid touching your face, mouth, nose and eyes.
• If you begin to feel ill, stay home for at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever without the use of fever-reducing medicines.
• If you have to go to the doctor, call ahead and make an appointment. This helps the provider’s office take steps to keep other people from being exposed.
• Routinely clean frequently-touched surfaces and objects.

Preparedness actions Alaskans can take before we see any cases of COVID-19:

• Whether for a pandemic, an earthquake, or some other disaster, Alaskans should have an emergency kit. Use the resources listed below to help you put together your kit and emergency plan.
• Stay informed. Follow updates from DHSS, CDC and other trusted public health officials, as well as from schools and your employer.
• Do your part to fight fear, stigma and misinformation which can only make the situation worse.

Online resources to help you prepare

• Pandemic Influenza Plan​ – Jan. 30, 2020
• Prepare your health website (CDC)
• Get Your Household Ready for COVID-19
• Preparing for a pandemic (DHS)
• Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities (CDC)
• Planning Guidance and Checklists (CDC)