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.
The university has reported seven cases since fall semester classes began Aug. 24.
With sports arenas and stadiums in the Las Vegas Valley set to sit empty without fans for the immediate future, some facilities are looking at ways to utilize their space outside of game days.
The cases raised the state total to 68,908. The death total in Nevada was unchanged, at 1,302.
A counterprotester at a No Mask Nevada demonstration Saturday was arrested following a shoving match between him and multiple other men, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Fifteen additional deaths from the coronavirus were reported in Nevada on Saturday, all of which were in Clark County, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Other Las Vegas Valley private schools that are holding in-person classes have options for employees to get tested, but not students.
The Meadows School in Summerlin, which reopened Aug. 17 with in-person classes, is paying University Medical Center to provide testing twice a week for students and employees.
A student at the College of Southern Nevada and an employee at the University of Nevada Las Vegas have tested positive for COVID-19, according to statements from the schools.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority granted an exemption to a distance learning mandate for Pinecrest, Mater and Doral academy campuses in Northern Nevada.
John Foster, 60, who was unconscious for half of his time in the hospital, said there were times he wasn’t sure if he would survive the disease.
New figures posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the case total for the state to 67,852 and the death toll to 1,287.
A 25-year-old Washoe County man is the nation’s first COVID-19 patient proven to have been reinfected by the new coronavirus, according to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory in Reno.
The protest, organized by Nevada nonprofit Power2Parent, took place outside the Clark County School District’s Administrative Center on West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas.
Two UNLV students on campus have tested positive for COVID-19 since fall classes began Monday, according to the university’s website.
Opportunity Village announced Wednesday that it will not be holding its Magical Forest and HallOVeen events this year, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
