The rollout comes after last week’s recommendation from the CDC that seniors and others at high risk for COVID-19 get a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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The state passed the latest in a year-and-a-half’s worth of grim milestones on Friday as the state’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 7,000.
The Southern Nevada Health District awaits guidance from the state on whether young, healthy casino workers and those in other occupations are eligible.
The project had been fiercely opposed by a contingent of neighbors who viewed it as a threat to their rural lifestyle in the far southern Las Vegas Valley.
Lower-income and minority communities are once again experiencing some of Southern Nevada’s fastest spread of COVID-19, data shows.
Lawyers for Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman have sent a letter to council colleague Michele Fiore demanding she stop the aggressive conduct.
“We didn’t change,” said Kelvin Watson, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s newly hired executive director. “More people just became aware of what the library can and could offer.”
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought totals in the state to 394,595 cases and 6,583 deaths.
A Clark County pilot program will provide $100 gift cards for people who receive their first COVID-19 vaccination during a two-day clinic at Eldorado High School.
The virus, which is transmitted by the insects, can, in some cases, cause serious illness and even death.
After five hours of public comment, the Clark County School Board voted early Thursday to approve a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees, which will be negotiated with unions.