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April 20, 2021

Alaska to offer tourists COVID-19 vaccines starting June 1

  • The airport program will offer the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
    • By BECKY BOHRER
    Associated Press

    JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Friday that COVID-19 vaccines would be made available at key airports in the state starting June 1, in unveiling plans aimed at bolstering the state's pandemic-battered tourist industry.

    Dunleavy outlined plans for a national marketing campaign aimed at luring tourists using federal aid money and said the vaccine offering is “probably another good reason to come to the state of Alaska in the summer.”


     
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