Nevada will require its 27,000-plus state workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to regular weekly testing under an order issued Friday by Gov. Steve Sisolak.
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Las Vegas Valley residents, visitors and business owners woke up to a new face mask requiremen Friday, and most appeared to be abiding by the edict.
The fourth “Vax Nevada Days” raffle took place at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.
For the second day in a row, Nevada on Thursday reported the highest one-day increase in new coronavirus cases in more than six months.
The data posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the state’s totals to 353,746 cases and 5,874 deaths.
In a memo released Tuesday night, Chancellor Melody Rose wrote the requirement will apply to “all unvaccinated and vaccinated NSHE students, employees, and members of the public.”
Vaccine hesitancy and lacking access continue to be hurdles as coronavirus cases remain on the rise in the state.
Updated data from the Department of Health and Human Services posted on the state’s coronavirus website showed 1,143 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, a sharp increase of 97 from Monday’s report.
The Silver State’s vaccination rate, though nothing to brag about, is nearer the middle of the pack than the bottom. So what else might be behind the surge in COVID-19 cases?
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.