Social media captured some of the more colorful episodes of Sunday’s protest on the Strip against Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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G2E, also known as the Global Gaming Expo, is the latest trade show to impose a vaccination rule ahead of its in-person return.
MGM Resorts International will soon require COVID-19 vaccines for all new hires and current salaried employees across the U.S.
MGM Resorts International employees in Las Vegas who haven’t shown proof that they’ve been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus will have to pay for regular testing, according to a new policy.
Anyone 12 or older who has not been vaccinated is encouraged to walk in and take advantage of this opportunity, free of charge.
Vaccinations, entertainment and some expensive prizes were offered at #VivaVaxVegas, a Strip-side vaccination clinic at Park MGM.
The event on Saturday will include prize giveaways, entertainment and “special guests.”
The new recommendations still call for masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but they are expected to help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools and other venues.
MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Station Casinos are the latest major companies to have gaming floor capacity and social distancing restrictions waived by Nevada regulators. Silverton also got the green light.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has committed to paying upward of a total of $1 million in cash bonuses if 80 percent of its workforce receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1.
Public health officials have earmarked half of Southern Nevada’s weekly COVID-19 vaccine allocation for public events for workplace clinics to inoculate hospitality workers.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
A UMC vaccination center equipped to offer hundreds of vaccinations each day will be set up inside the Encore’s convention space.