The Review-Journal had interviewed six employees and had been in contact with a total of nine Cosmopolitan workers who have said they are concerned for their health and safety.
The current Phase Two directive was set to expire Tuesday. The governor’s latest directive keeps it in effect for another month.
As big-ticket movies continue to be delayed as a result of uncertainties over the coronavirus pandemic and increases in the number of COVID-19 cases, AMC became the nation’s first theater chain to push back its reopening efforts.
The new cases posted on the health district’s coronavirus web page brought the county total to 14,607 and the fatalities raised the death toll to 414.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara talks about reopening schools during the pandemic.
Wearing face masks in Nevada will be mandatory in nearly all public spaces as the state seeks to slow, then reverse a resurging spread of COVID-19 infection without backtracking on the reopening of businesses and the return of other daily routines.
Rj Business reporter Eli Segall talks about the lawsuit and the future of the unfinished hotel and casino.
The Nevada Gaming Commission may be asked to discipline gaming licensees that fail to require customers to comply with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s new order mandating facial coverings in public areas.
The M Resort is waiving its $25 resort fee this summer in a bid to attract more guests.
Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density.
Politics and Government Editor Steve Sebelius talks about reactions after Gov. Steve Sisolak enacts a face mask mandate that begins at midnight Friday.
Governor Steve Sisolak announced a mandatory face covering policy for all Nevadans and visitors. (Courtesy: KLAS-TV)
Now that Gov. Steve Sisolak has announced requirements to wear masks in public settings in the state, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will attempt to deliver the message to prospective visitors via their #VegasSmart social media campaign. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thousands of jobless workers turned to the state for payments after the COVID-19 shutdown in March. DETR has struggled to handle record claims. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1.LAS VEGAS HOSPITALS DROP HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS COVID-19 TREATMENT2. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA BOTH SEEING RECORD JUMPS IN COVID-19 CASES.
WHAT ARE THESE NUMBERS TELLING US?3. ENHANCING FACIAL COVERINGS IN NEVADA WILL THIS BE APART OF GOV. SISOLAK’S PRESSER TONIGHT?
The new cases — coming on the heels of a record one-day jump of 412 in the county — brought the total to 11,481.
Wet’n’Wild welcomed back guests on Monday with new safety procedures in place.
The Culinary union expresses its concerns about returning to work and the safety precautions that casinos are taking to ensure the safety of staff.
The Culinary Workers Union expresses their concerns about returning to work and the safety precautions that casinos are taking to ensure the safety of staff.
The Texas Station site is operating in addition to the drive-thru testing site in the UNLV Tropicana parking garage next to the Thomas & Mack Center. Both sites are operated by Clark County and University Medical Center in partnership with the Nevada National Guard. (Renee Summerour and Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino reopened its doors on June 18 after the statewide shutdown in response to COVID-19. (Mackenzie Behm/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The state Gaming Control Board has ordered Nevada casinos to require players and spectators of most casino table and card games to wear protective face coverings.
The state Gaming Control Board has ordered Nevada casinos to require players and spectators of most casino table and card games to wear protective face coverings.
COVID-19 Weekly discussion with Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. CLARK COUNTY SEES LARGEST SINGLE-DAY COVID-19 SPIKE, HOSPITAL RATES ALSO INCREASED.
2. WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COVID-19 SPIKE?
NO MAKS? RECENT PROTESTS? PHASE 2 REOPENING?
3. ANTIBODY TESTING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THEM?
What local gyms are doing to practice social distancing and new cleaning measures to ensure the safety of their staff and customers. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Governor Steve Sisolak provides an update on the progress of the reopening Nevada including contact tracing, and the state’s budget problems due to the coronavirus.
The U.S. Department of Labor allows flexible guidelines to states on who can qualify for unemployment insurance benefits under the CARES Act, particularly when it comes to the work search requirement, which Nevada has indefinitely waived. However, DETR spokeswoman Rosa Mendez said, the federal guidelines are clear and rigid on accepting work: “no such flexibility was given for refusal of suitable work.”
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. ONE-DAY SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES
AMID PROTESTS, BUSINESSES REOPENING.
2. ARE PEOPLE LESS CONCERNED WITH
SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS?
3. W.H.O: “ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE ONLY RARELY SPREAD COVID-19.”
4. MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
The DMV announces its plans for reopening in Las Vegas on June 15th after being closed for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Casinos on the Strip welcomed guests for the first time since March 17, when Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered them closed them due to the coronavirus pandemic.