The Elko County Board of Health on Wednesday decided not to ban COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
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The number of people with COVID-19 in Clark County hospitals has exceeded the highs seen during last winter’s surge, and key metrics suggest the disease has not yet peaked.
All four key COVID-19 metrics for Clark County fell over the weekend, with 891 new cases and 20 deaths recorded since Friday’s report, according to state and local data.
Clark County on Wednesday surpassed 5,000 COVID-19 deaths amid new signs that the state’s current coronavirus surge may be nearing its peak.
Answers to questions on Nevada’s new COVID-19 vaccination incentive program, which includes a $1 million grand prize.
He said he believed that federal regulators could bring the shots back with restrictions based on age or gender or with a blanket warning.
The U.S. is closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations, weeks ahead of his target date.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the milestone on Twitter and urged Nevadans to continue “the mitigation measures we know work.”
The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
In a bid to promote confidence in the coronavirus vaccine, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence were vaccinated at the White House early Friday.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday asked Gov. Steve Sisolak to significantly shorten 30-day statewide closures on nonessential businesses over concern for affected workers.
President Donald Trump announced he was temporarily closing the border with Canada to fight the coronavirus, at the same time as he requested a $46 billion package to fight the disease.
