The case, that of a Reno-area man in his 50s who is self-isolating at home, is the first in the state confirmed by the federal heath agency.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak has written to Nevada passengers aboard a cruise ship quarantined in California for COVID-19 advising that they will soon be coming home.
The total number of coronavirus cases in state remains at 4. Health officials say they have not found evidence of any local transmission of the illness.
Washoe County health officials Sunday announced the second Reno-area case of coronavirus infection, a man in his 30s.
In Clark County, no one would say whether the child of a man who tested positive for the virus was a public or charter school student. In Northern Nevada, things were different.
The state agency made the announcement Saturday on Twitter. The post doesn’t specifically mention the CORVID-19 virus.
Gov. Steve Sisolak gave an overview of the coronavirus situation in the state, summarizing information released in the past two days but providing few new details.
The University of Nevada, Reno, has suspended overseas travel by faculty, staff, students, guest speakers or visiting scholars to countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks.
An undisclosed number of students at a Reno area school experiencing “flu-like symptoms” are being tested for the novel coronavirus.
The Clark County School District and the State Public Charter School Authority declined to say if the patient’s child attends a district school.
The first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Nevada was announced on Thursday by the Southern Nevada Health District, while late Thursday a second Nevadan has tested positive in Washoe County.
Nevada’s top medical official says it’s a matter of when, not if, the coronavirus appears in Nevada.
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