Personal care aides provide a crucial lifeline to the elderly or disabled. But amid a pandemic, many are left to fend for themselves when it comes to personal safety.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed Friday after tens of thousands of people flocked to the seashore last weekend during a heat wave despite his stay-at-home order, according to a memo sent Wednesday evening to police chiefs around the state.
It was the second such protest by union representatives. The first, on April 1, called attention to how nurses were required to wear the same surgical mask during shifts.
“Forcibly imprisoning people in their homes is against all their constitutional rights,” Musk said. “People should be outraged.”
Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials said.
The oncology practice has tirelessly continued to provide necessary treatment to local cancer patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nevada Sentencing Commission on Wednesday twice rejected recommending that Gov. Steve Sisolak move to depopulate the state’s prisons in an effort to stave off the coronavirus’ spread.
The first pieces of the state’s plan to vastly expand testing for the disease caused by the new coronavirus are expected as soon as Friday.
The 60-acre orchard, which offers Las Vegans fresh produce that they can pick themselves, has plenty of space for visitors and distancing for those in line.
Fewer drivers on Nevada’s roads means fewer claims, and many drivers will receive premium refunds for their auto insurance policies.
Business leaders say the governor needs to be more transparent about plans to reopen the Nevada economy. Sisolak issued a directive late Wednesday extending the stay-at-home order.
Cirque exec Pien Koopman says, “We have beautiful content that has never been seen from a show that has been going on since 2013.”
Volunteers at UNLV and Touro University build test kits and key ingredients from scratch to help alleviate a state shortage of tests for the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The Clark County Fire Department said it is reducing up to a dozen firefighting units because the statewide shutdown has cut back calls for service by 34 percent.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has been hit particularly hard by the statewide shutdown.
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