The Southern Nevada Health District awaits guidance from the state on whether young, healthy casino workers and those in other occupations are eligible.
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The order, covering Department of Corrections employees and those working with at-risk populations in state-operated detention and health care facilities, takes effect Nov. 1.
The Nevada Board of Health voted Friday to require vaccinations for all Department of Corrections employees and workers at state institutions with “vulnerable populations.”
This “variant of interest” has a unique mutation that may make it resistant to the protection offered by vaccine and past infection.