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.
Nearly 1,000 Las Vegas police employees have tested positive for COVID and two have died, according to newly released statistics from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Health officials reported 29 deaths Saturday, bringing the state’s seven-day toll to 117. The previous most deadly week was at the end of July, when 76 deaths were reported.
Nearly 100 people gathered in Henderson on Wednesday in opposition of the mask mandate announced by Gov. Steve Sisolak last month.