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.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak said Friday that he would “take swift and decisive actions” against those that don’t comply.
Preliminary numbers from the Clark County coroner’s office show suicides declined in March and April, despite all the pain inflicted on the community by the new coronavirus.
An expert says research suggests a combination of heat and humidity slows the spread of COVID-19, but studies have not looked at a dry, hot environment like the Southwest.
Personal care aides provide a crucial lifeline to the elderly or disabled. But amid a pandemic, many are left to fend for themselves when it comes to personal safety.
The Metropolitan Police Department and Nevada attorney general’s office say there are no plans to check people who are out in public during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This response we’re seeing, the panicked shopping, is people trying to gain control of an unknown situation,” one psychologist said.
In Clark County, no one would say whether the child of a man who tested positive for the virus was a public or charter school student. In Northern Nevada, things were different.
The Clark County School District and the State Public Charter School Authority declined to say if the patient’s child attends a district school.