<\/a>The first phase of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to reopen allowed businesses, including restaurants and hairdressers, to reopen. The next phase could include bars and gyms among others, but cities are waiting to hear details of what the next phase will entail. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Juneau is in good shape in terms of its testing capacity and health care services, Deputy City Manager Mila Cosgrove told Assembly members. Cosgrove also runs the city’s Emergency Operations Center and said testing numbers had recently gone down in Juneau, she said, not due to lack of supplies but due to a lack of symptomatic people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Bartlett Regional Hospital announced Tuesday it had a limited capacity to complete tests with 24 hours. Testing available through the city or a private health care provider generally takes at least 48 hours for results.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The city remained at Incident Level 2 on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Incident Management System, according to Cosgrove.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Level 2 means, “the disease is present in the community but it is properly contained,” Cosgrove said. “The medical system has capacity to deal with rising medical needs and that the supply chain is operational. All of those things are present today.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
But there’s worry that once the state starts opening up, particularly to travel from the Lower 48, there might be a resurgence of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I don’t think it’s a good time,” said Assembly member Rob Edwardson. “We have an increasing number of travelers coming both by water and by air, as more people show up there’s a higher potential that sick people are going to show up.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Other cities in Southeast Alaska which depend on tourism for their economy are also worried. Pelican Mayor Walt Weller said his community’s main income is from the summer fishing season, when sport fishers and fish processors come to town.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t