Wells Fargo and Three Square food bank team up to help out those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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A COVID-19 testing site moved from the Texas Station parking garage to indoors at the Cashman Center, Aug. 4, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Stung by a drop in public bus ridership because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is considering systemwide service changes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)v
Kaydee Asher speaks with the RJ about what it’s like having COVID-19, how she may have contracted the virus, and how she’s using her platform to tell other young people to be safe. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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)
Devin Raman, senior disease investigator at SNHD, explains how contact tracing works, noting how local clusters of disease are tracked.
Daniel Nunez and Sarah Germain made immediate plans to go to their local tennis court, Darling Tennis Center, when they received an email that the facility would open on May 1.
You had questions, and we’ve got the answers! Renee Summerour sits down with Dr. Brian Labus, epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and member of the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding the coronavirus spread in Nevada. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
THIS WEEK WE COVERED A LOT OF TOPICS:
1. POSTPONED MEDICAL/DENTAL PROCEDURES
2. GOV. SISOLASK ANNOUNCES TO EXTEND
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
3. THIS THE STAY AT HOME ORDER PART OF
THE “ROAD TO RECOVERY PLAN”?
4. WILL THERE BE A MASK REQUIREMENT STATEWIDE?
5. DOES WEATHER PLAN A ROLE IN THE SPREAD OF COVID-19?
6. WHERE IS NEVADA THIS WEEK ON ANTIBODY TESTING?
7. MYTH: AIR CONDITIONER CAN CAUSE CORONAVIRUS
8. IS IT SAFE TO GO BACK OUTSIDE? BEACHES? HIKING? ETC?
With demand for crude oil continuing to dip due to the stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, the price of gasoline at the retail level has fallen along with it. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
RJ Investigations reporter Michael S. Davidson talks about how a rapid influx of coronavirus patients could soon inundate Nevada hospitals, pushing them past their capacity and threatening health care workers’ safety. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)