Las Vegas’ only major COVID-19 testing site experienced what officials called record-breaking demand on Sunday night, as lines caused traffic delays and hourslong waits.
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The site at 851 E. Tropicana Ave., just east of Paradise Road, across from UNLV’s Thomas Mack Center, will be closed from Sunday through Christmas.
Three employee unions say no formal negotiations have occurred yet with the Clark County School District after the School Board approval of COVID-19 vaccinations on Sept. 2.
It is not unusual for patients recovering from certain viruses, such as West Nile virus or even the flu, to have ongoing complications. But long COVID is more prevalent, more severe and longer lasting.
Clark County on Thursday reported 581 new coronavirus cases and five deaths over the preceding day, but statewide reporting and other metrics were not available.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Tuesday that none of the Metropolitan Police Department employees who died of COVID-19 were vaccinated.
The offering is made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision, which serves schools and school districts with a high poverty rate.
A 15-year veteran Las Vegas police officer has died from complications of COVID-19.
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.
Health care workers and family shared stories and laughs Saturday as they remembered a local nurse who died last year of COVID-19.
The Clark County School District reports 728 new COVID-19 cases so far this month, but the overall impact is not clear because it isn’t saying how many have been “excluded.”
Hundreds of people went to a northeast Las Vegas high school on Saturday morning to get a $100 gift card with their COVID-19 vaccine.
Clark County School Board President Linda Cavazos says she has received threats following the board’s decision last week to move forward with mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for employees.
“She tried so hard to have that baby, and she never even knew it was born. Never got to hold her,” Vena Foster said about her sister, Kimmie Pavone, who was 35.
The Las Vegas hospital will treat those with ongoing COVID-19 related symptoms, including heart and lung complications, pain, cognitive impairment, anxiety and other issues.