Local governments in Southern Nevada say they focus on education rather than citations when it comes to mask enforcement.
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University Medical Center has provided the treatment to more than 300 patients. New funding will grow operations.
Lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to declare COVID-19 misinformation a public health crisis.
Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom is proposing using federal coronavirus relief funds to give $100 to every person who gets vaccinated, the latest incentive to be offered in Nevada.
Vaccine hesitancy and lacking access continue to be hurdles as coronavirus cases remain on the rise in the state.
With a 60 percent immunization target within reach, officials are directly appealing to those 16 to 25 years old to get a COVID-19 vaccination shot.
Clark County unveiled the “Back to Life” campaign on Monday, encouraging Black residents to get immunized when eligible.
Local governments are calling back employees to full-time, in-person work, offering one sign that normalcy is slowly returning to the public sector.
A strike team led by the city of Las Vegas recently administered first doses at two housing complexes, representing its most direct effort to date to immunize the vulnerable.
To target the socioeconomically disadvantaged community, public health officials used a senior center membership roster to fill appointments at the “pop-up” immunization site.
Clark County can administer 92,000 immunization shots per week, but is only getting 22,000 weekly doses of vaccine from the federal government.
Las Vegas and Clark County were among the many communities across the U.S. participating in a national remembrance for the 400,000-plus people who have succumbed to the coronavirus.
The county has reached a milestone in the effort to identify the spread of infection in the region as statewide cases and hospitalizations rise and the vaccine rolls out.
In a partnership with the federal and state governments, Clark County will administer up to 60,000 coronavirus tests over 14 days, marking its most ambitious effort yet to identify the spread in Southern Nevada.
The drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Texas Station is relocating indoors next week to Cashman Center, ending a roughly monthlong operation at the hotel-casino’s parking garage.
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