A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter evacuated a 70-year-old Haines resident to Bartlett Regional Hospital a little before 3 a.m. on Tuesday, said Coast Guard spokesperson Kip Wadlow. The man was suffering from a severe case of COVID-19 when SEARHC called in the request at 10:30 p.m. on Monday for a Coast Guard medevac. It’s the first reported COVID-related evacuation of a Haines resident.
At 4:30 p.m. on Monday, the Haines Health Center requested that the…