While wrapping up their season fishing for Pacific Ocean perch in the Bering Sea last week, nearly the entire crew of a United States Seafoods trawler tested positive for COVID-19; according to the New York Times, Alaska is fifth in a ranking of the worst states for COVID-19 cases per capita; and the very first COVID-19 vaccine doses may arrive in Alaska before the month is out.
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