Clark County is “urgently” seeking hundreds of paid school crossing guards.
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The Clark County School Board on Thursday approved $3.3 million in contracts for COVID-19 testing and symptom screening for employees, despite concerns from some members of the public about privacy related to those tests.
The clinic will have appointments available for “seniors and others in priority vaccination groups” from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, according to the statement.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday announced a seventh case of a more contagious coronavirus strain first discovered in the U.K has been detected in Clark County.
The long lines at the Las Vegas Convention Center were in part due to a high number of people seeking walk-in appointments, the Southern Nevada Health District said.
Nevada on Thursday reported 592 new coronavirus cases and 55 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Las Vegas Valley residents booking multiple appointments at local COVID-19 vaccination clinics continue to impede efforts to distribute the life-saving serum.
A new method of allocating what were once known Senate Bill 178 funds, or weighted funding, has cost some schools hundreds of thousands of dollars.
All of the Clark County School District’s approximately 42,000 employees, as well as those of public charter schools, are now eligible to make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, the district said Wednesday.
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services brought cumulative totals for the state to 285,795 cases and 4,582 deaths.
The Southern Nevada Health District will begin to offer second doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the Las Vegas Convention Center vaccination site.
New cases of the disease were below the 14-day moving average of 696, while fatalities were far above the daily average of 16 for the period.
The updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services brought statewide totals to 284,590 cases and 4,522 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise and sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Southern Nevada Health District has expanded the number of appointments available this weekend for residents eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine.