None of the men ranging from their 20s to their 40s has been hospitalized after contracting the variant, which is believed to be resistant to COVID-19 vaccines.
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Between 4,500 and 5,000 appointments were booked for Tuesday at a mass vaccination site in downtown Las Vegas, less than its 7,000 capacity.
There was a 15-minute wait to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Southern Nevada Health District offices early Monday as eligibility expanded to all Nevadans 16 and up.
Despite recent eligibility expansion, the number of Clark County residents receiving the COVID-19 vaccine slowed substantially in recent days, a new report shows.
Nevada may be on track to achieve “herd immunity” to COVID-19 despite the growing presence of more infectious variants in the state, a top public health official said Monday.
Vaccines for those with underlying health conditions will be available at retail pharmacies and some doctor’s offices and clinics.
Demand remains high for vaccine in Clark County and is expected to increase as eligibility expands, public health officials say, suggesting “overwhelming” crowds may lie ahead.
Medical ethicists say the honor system may be abused.
He harshly criticizes Southern Nevada vaccine practices that allowed young employees of local governmental agencies to get COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of older Nevadans.
“Those lights are all going to go dark and those people are all going to be out of work,” he recalls of his moment of truth on the anniversary of Nevada’s first coronavirus case.
Hospitality and casino workers could become eligible in the “next couple of weeks” in Southern Nevada, a state official says.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Clark County will expand Tuesday to all groups within frontline community support and frontline supply chain and logistics categories.
The one-dose vaccine, which the Food and Drug Administration authorized for emergency use over the weekend, is the third to be authorized for emergency use in the U.S.
Nevada’s public health lab has identified the strain in the Silver State, where it currently represents about a quarter of positive cases that are genetically sequenced.
County health officials said Friday that first-dose appointments will not be available next week at the health district or its partner clinics.
Washoe County on Thursday announced it had detected the first confirmed Nevada case of a coronavirus variant that originated in South Africa.
Appointments at Southern Nevada Health District sites on Thursday through Saturday and University Medical Center on Thursday and Friday will be rescheduled for next week.
Eligibility to receive COVID-19 vaccine has been extended to a new group in Clark County, and it’s not the 65- to 69-year-olds who have been waiting a month.
Vaccine doses have been frustratingly difficult for many older residents to obtain and off limits at this point to many of Nevada’s elders.
The Southern Nevada Health District will begin to offer second doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the Las Vegas Convention Center vaccination site.