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Launching “Health Care Week in Nevada,” he delivers flowers to a Las Vegas nurse practitioner and hears from members of a group of nurses from the Philippines.
The Southern Nevada Health District awaits guidance from the state on whether young, healthy casino workers and those in other occupations are eligible.
Many U.S. authorities say the potency of COVID-19 vaccines hasn’t waned, but they make a case for booster shots in some individuals.
Gov. Steve Sisolak revealed Thursday that Nevada’s new COVID-19 vaccine incentive promotional program will provide $5 million in cash and prizes for eligible residents who have been vaccinated.
One official says the new vaccine clinic on seating near the 50-yard line in the Las Vegas Raiders’ stadium offers a $50,000 view.
With the county’s two mass vaccination clinics scheduled to close next month, health officials are looking for ways to get more newly eligible adolescents inoculated.
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.
After a record day Tuesday, the Cashman Center site in Las Vegas will close on May 5.
The woman, who has “not recovered” according to federal health officials, is one of six under investigation nationwide in connection with Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Demand remains high for vaccine in Clark County and is expected to increase as eligibility expands, public health officials say, suggesting “overwhelming” crowds may lie ahead.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Clark County will expand Tuesday to all groups within frontline community support and frontline supply chain and logistics categories.
Records show the losses are often due to the challenges of administering the highly-sensitive COVID-19 vaccine within a rigid timeframe before it spoils.
Vaccination sites at Cashman Center and Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas began accepting some walk-ins 65 and up on Thursday to receive a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Appointments at Southern Nevada Health District sites on Thursday through Saturday and University Medical Center on Thursday and Friday will be rescheduled for next week.