COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
Las Vegas appeared to be adjusting well to a new masked existence on Friday, as most visitors and residents encountered by dozens of Review-Journal journalists throughout the day were wearing their face coverings — be it grudgingly, joyfully or somewhere in between.
Young people, who tend not to get as sick from the coronavirus, are largely behind the recent surge in the state to record case levels, even as deaths have been declining.
Cases are surging in at least 19 states. In the Southwest, health officials are seeing the same concerns. Here’s a breakdown of Nevada and its neighbors.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 4041 has filed a labor complaint, saying Gov. Steve Sisolak is not following the state’s collective bargaining law.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority decided Friday that each individual school it sponsors will develop its own reopening plan for the upcoming school year.
Singers are required to wear masks down under their chins, or loop them over an ear, while singing, then pull them back up.
Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas police officials said officers will educate the public on the benefits of wearing facial coverings.
Potential fraud appears to be more prevalent in the benefits program for independent and gig workers, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, DETR Chief Economist Dave Schmidt said.
The Southern Nevada Health District posted the data on the day that Gov. Steve Sisolak’s directive requiring people to wear face masks in nearly all public spaces took effect.
Every hotel-casino that discovers a positive COVID-19 test among its staff must contact the Southern Nevada Health District. It’s up to each casino operator and health district to determine what to do, if anything, after that.
Friday was the first day Nevadans are required to wear a mask in all public spaces after an announcement from Gov. Steve Sisolak Wednesday.
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