At a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night, Emergency Operations Center members and medical and emergency services staff fielded questions from Haines residents related to COVID-19 and social-distancing measures in the community. Many questions focused on the potential for people entering the community to circumvent quarantine requirements, especially construction crews, who will be exempt.

Haines Borough manager and EOC incident commander Debra Schnabel said there are no COVID-19 cases currently identified in Haines, which suggests…