The new sites at Texas Station in North Las Vegas and Fiesta Henderson are capable of administering 40,000 tests a day, five days a week.
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The health district’s chief health officer says about 50 percent of eligible Clark County residents 16 and older has received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Clark County has set a threshold of 60 percent before fully reopening.
Between 4,500 and 5,000 appointments were booked for Tuesday at a mass vaccination site in downtown Las Vegas, less than its 7,000 capacity.
Local governments are calling back employees to full-time, in-person work, offering one sign that normalcy is slowly returning to the public sector.
Two local Veterans Administration clinics will give veterans the choice between the one-shot Johnson & Johnson or the Moderna two-dose option.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Clark County will expand Tuesday to all groups within frontline community support and frontline supply chain and logistics categories.
State and local officials promise more tools to help Clark County residents book second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
For some Nevadans who can’t stand in long lines, the answer could be clinic ride services.
In a memo to employees Tuesday, the Clark County School District said employees who sign up earlier could be turned away or rescheduled at vaccination sites.
Cashman Center in Las Vegas will open Friday to those who were able to make appointments on the Southern Nevada Health District’s website before it crashed.
In response to Carolyn Goodman’s criticisms, Gov. Steve Sisolak said elected leaders should “be unified in protecting the public.”
The “Stop, Swab and Go” drive runs through Sept. 18 at four locations: Fiesta Henderson, Texas Station, Sam Boyd Stadium and in the city of Mesquite.
Nevada identified long-term care facilities as a cause for concern early in the COVID outbreak, but that initial burst of resolve to protect residents and staff has faltered.
The agency warns that some coronavirus antibody tests are inaccurate and said even the better ones should not be used to determine who can safely return to work or school.
While its direct impact on the homeless population is still unclear, the coronavirus pandemic has made life on the streets of Las Vegas harder in many ways.