Nevada’s June 9 primary election will be conducted by mail only due to concerns about the coronavirus, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske announced on Tuesday.
Bill Dentzer
Former Government and Poiltics Reporter
Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed an order to safeguard the supplies of two drugs currently being studied as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.
A Reno-based ventilator company has increased production of the critical medical devices by 50 percent in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday ordered a mandatory shutdown of most nonessential businesses in the state, his broadest action to date in response to spread of COVID-19 illness.
Nevada is one of the first states to get approval for the U.S. Small Business Administration loans, an advisory from the governor said.
A guidance letter from the state says businesses considered nonessential “may remain open” and should adhere to strict social distancing practices to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, boosting the number in Clark County to 42.
Following the decision Sunday to close all of Nevada’s K-12 schools through mid-April, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced additional measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The five new cases, which brings the Reno area total to nine, are all travel-related or connected to a previously identified local case.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday ordered the closure of all Nevada K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, beginning Monday. He said free meal programs would resume soon.
Health authorities on Friday announced eight new positive tests for COVID-19 in Clark County and one in Northern Nevada, bringing the state total of coronavirus cases to 20.
The funding is part of an emergency $560 million allocation to local government entities, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
A state update Wednesday on testing and tracking of cases of coronavirus-caused disease gave a confusing accounting on the number of current active cases in the state.
Since the first positive test of a Nevada patient for the coronavirus last week, state government has provided little new information.
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.