Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.
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Nevada’s colleges and universities are planning to resume in-person classes as early as this summer, according to a news release Monday.
At a video-conference summit, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the 7.5 billion euros ($8.2 billion) target being sought to help find a vaccine, new treatments and better tests for the disease would be merely a “down-payment” on the tools that will be needed to fight the virus.
“Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” Talkin began, dropping the words commanding people “to draw near” to reflect the unusual circumstances.
Clark County recorded 137 additional COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths overnight, according to data posted early Monday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Clark County and University Medical Center on Tuesday will launch drive-thru coronavirus testing by appointment only inside a parking garage at The Orleans, an operation that leaders say will soon be duplicated throughout the county.
The unprecedented shutdown of economies around the world has put an additional 130 million people at the risk of starving. That’s the stark warning coming from a United Nations official.
Even as some meatpacking plants across the country have temporarily closed because of the coronavirus, Las Vegas Valley businesses aren’t experiencing shortages.
Costco will implement new rules Monday that will allow a special shopping hour for seniors and persons with disabilities.
Three Notoriety venues had been opened before being locked down. Seating in these rooms is a socially distant-friendly (if that’s possible) 75 to 250.
Anxious to spur an economic recovery without risking lives, President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted that “you can satisfy both” — see some states gradually lift lockdowns while also protecting people from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 60,000 Americans.
Republic Services waste collection firm helps feed its frontline workers.
The park, about 160 miles northeast of Las Vegas and popular with Southern Nevadans, has been closed since April 3 due to the coronavirus.
While millions of U.S. workers have already received a quick relief payment from the federal treasury through direct deposit, millions of others without traditional bank accounts must wait weeks for paper checks.
Planned restriping work on the HOV lane system has been postponed amid a coronavirus-related material supply shortage.
The sharper rhetoric coincides with administration critics saying the government’s response to the virus was slow and inadequate.