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.
David Siegel, who survived a bout with COVID, says being vaccinated saved his life.
The Smith Center President Myron Martin said proof of vaccinations or negative COVID tests will be required of anyone entering the center’s two venues.
Concert giant AEG Presents’ directive that ticketholders get vaxed or stay away by Oct. 1 has an impact across the Las Vegas events scene.
The festival is scheduled for Sept. 17 to 19 in downtown Las Vegas.
A Cirque official confirms, “We will require all show staff, artists and technicians to be fully vaccinated.”
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
Restaurant owners say they can’t figure it out: If they’re such a danger to the public, why aren’t their employees higher in priority in the COVID vaccination plan?
Santa stopped by Southern Hills Hospital to sit for his Prizer COVID vaccine shot.