Gov. Steve Sisolak Tuesday issued an advisory urging travelers entering Nevada to self-quarantine and monitor their health for up to 14 days to help contain the spread of COVID-19.
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The death toll from the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the state jumped to 26 on Tuesday with eight new fatalities reported in Clark County.
Elected officials from the cities of Reno and Sparks and Washoe County addressed the public Monday regarding the ongoing regional response to COVID-19.
Sisolak said his order applies to evictions that were already filed before the declaration, and prohibits new lockouts, evictions filings and notices to pay. It also applies to commercial buildings, to protect small businesses closed by Sisolak’s previous order.
A man in his 40s who’d traveled to New York is the first coronavirus-related death in Washoe County.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sent a letter to numerous Nevada agencies demanding that more steps be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in state jails and prisons.
There are four more reported deaths in Clark County due to coronavirus, according to the Southern Nevada Health District’s website.
Tesla is winding down “non-essential operations” at its Gigafactory battery production plant in Storey County, reducing on-site staff by about 75 percent in compliance with the COVID-19-related state directive on business closings.
The Las Vegas Valley Chinese American community is now using the pipeline it established to help China fight the COVID-19 pandemic to aid hospitals in Southern Nevada.
It was not immediately clear what type of employee had tested positive, or whether that person works closely with inmates at the prison.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is asking the Trump administration to ease restrictions on the research of human fetal tissue in hopes that it could help scientists as they search for a treatment for the new coronavirus.
The lessons are posted online, but to reach students who don’t have a computer or an internet connection, the district is printing packets and then distributing them via school buses.
When it comes to COVID-19, Nevadas are doing their part to keep their distance.
New figures posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services in the morning on the nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website showed a spike of nearly 100 cases.
While the new coronavirus has brought cities in Clark County to a near standstill, it is exacting a more varied toll in the rural corners of Southern Nevada.