Clark County DA employee tests positive for COVID-19

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

An employee in the Clark County District Attorney Office’s Family Support division has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman has confirmed.

The employee, who works in the division that processes child support collection, has not reported to work since April 2 and notified the county of the positive test on Thursday, according to county spokesman Kevin MacDonald.

MacDonald said Friday that the employee had no direct contact with the public or colleagues since March 17, when the building where they work was closed to the public and staff was reduced to maintain social distancing guidelines.

“While staff has been reduced to address the public health emergency, operations at the office continue,” MacDonald wrote in an email.

Contact Shea Johnson at sjohnson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0272. Follow @Shea_LVRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Glenn Puit contributed to this report.