Members of the U.S. military would be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Sept. 15, under a plan announced by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by President Joe Biden.
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The Nevada National Guard is slowly decreasing the number of members assigned to the COVID-19 mission before wrapping up operations by Sept. 30.
Officials said few people in the state have administered more COVID-19 vaccines than Nevada Air Guard Capt. Caleena Longworth. She graduated from medical school in May.
Two local Veterans Administration clinics will give veterans the choice between the one-shot Johnson & Johnson or the Moderna two-dose option.
Shots at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center, 6900 North Pecos Road, are available by appointment or on a walk-in basis.
Those in the 65-69 age group will have their first to get a shot at a first-dose walk-in vaccine clinic on Sunday at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
Older military veterans are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs hospital in North Las Vegas, with a few restrictions.
A 90-year-old Army veteran living at the Southern Nevada State Veterans home died this week from COVID-19 complications after being discharged from a local hospital.
The largest Veteran of Foreign Wars post in Nevada has struggled to make ends meet since the state’s bar regulations were enacted because of the pandemic. But officials hope for a turnaround once restrictions are lifted.
The parade, long billed as the “largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi River,” has been canceled because it could not comply with state public gathering limits.