Uber is stepping up and offering 17,800 free and discounted round-trip rides to encourage more of the African American community to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The 18-year-old, one of six cases of blood clotting nationwide being investigated in women who received the Johnson & Johnson shot, is improving “slowly, slowly, slowly,” family spokesman says.
The U.S. cleared the 50% mark just a day after the reported global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million.
He said he believed that federal regulators could bring the shots back with restrictions based on age or gender or with a blanket warning.
As California started offering vaccinations to everyone age 16 and over Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom urged more residents to sign up for appointments and not let apprehension over inoculations get in the way of protecting themselves against the illness.
After a record day Tuesday, the Cashman Center site in Las Vegas will close on May 5.
The state is rolling out a new advertising campaign to convince more Nevadans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
The clots occurred in strange places, in veins that drain blood from the brain, and in people with abnormally low levels of clot-forming platelets.
The woman, who has “not recovered” according to federal health officials, is one of six under investigation nationwide in connection with Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has committed to paying upward of a total of $1 million in cash bonuses if 80 percent of its workforce receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1.
A long line of people extended far outside the Cashman Center vaccine center, but a spokesman said the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson product was not responsible.
Nevada has called a temporary halt to the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine on Tuesday, heeding the recommendation of federal regulators.
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
The Legislative Building in Carson City will reopen to the public Thursday, the state announced.
The Mariachi Nuestra Raices band played Saturday afternoon at Cashman Center while people lined up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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