COVID19 Weekly Q&A
 
COVID19 Weekly Q&A

Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. CONTACT TRACING PLAN INCLUDES FILLING 400 POSITIONS IN CLARK COUNTY
2. HOW ARE LOCAL HOSPITALS HANDLING SPIKE IN HOSPITALIZATION RATES?
3. ARE MASKS WORKING?

Branded masks being sold as merchandise – VIDEO
 
Branded masks being sold as merchandise – VIDEO

While face masks, and rules requiring customers to wear them, have become divisive political issues for certain businesses, several local restaurants have embraced them as marketing opportunities. “I’m a big believer in branding and marketing,” explains Sparrow + Wolf’s chef and owner Brian Howard, who quickly sold out of his first shipment of 200 branded face masks. “If I can have somebody support our brand and showcase it, then there’s an opportunity there.”

Tourists react to masked up Statue of Liberty
 
Tourists react to masked up Statue of Liberty

MGM Resorts International put a mask on the Statue of Liberty outside of the New York-New York resort to remind those on the Las Vegas Strip to wear a face covering.

Las Vegas teen shares COVID-19 story on social media – Video
 
Las Vegas teen shares COVID-19 story on social media – Video

Kaydee Asher speaks with the RJ about what it’s like having COVID-19, how she may have contracted the virus, and how she’s using her platform to tell other young people to be safe. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Do’s and don’ts of wearing face masks – Video
 
Do’s and don’ts of wearing face masks – Video

Wearing face masks in Nevada will be mandatory in nearly all public spaces as the state seeks to slow, then reverse a resurging spread of COVID-19 infection without backtracking on the reopening of businesses and the return of other daily routines.

Caesars mandates guests to wear masks
 
Caesars mandates guests to wear masks

Guests at Caesars Entertainment Corp. properties will be required to wear masks while inside its properties, effective immediately.

Senior community receives 1,500 masks from local group – Video
 
Senior community receives 1,500 masks from local group – Video

The Mask Posse of Las Vegas donated 1,500 masks to residents of the Stewart Pines Apartments senior community with the assistance of Las Vegas Councilwoman Olivia Diaz and her staff, who coordinated distribution. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Show us your masks – VIDEO
 
Show us your masks – VIDEO

Now that we’ve been asked to wear masks in public, people are showing us their masks. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Coronavirus Q&A
 
Coronavirus Q&A

You have questions and we have the answers! The RJ’s Renee Summerour sits down with Epidemiologist and member of the faculty of UNLV’sSchool of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, Dr. Brian Labus and RJ Health Reporter Mary Hynes for a round-table discussion about questions people have surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon blocks sale of N95 masks to public – VIDEO
 
Amazon blocks sale of N95 masks to public – VIDEO

Amazon established a new section of its website where U.S.-accredited hospitals or state or federal agencies can apply for supplies. N95 masks, surgical masks, facial shields, surgical gowns, surgical
gloves and large-volume sanitizers are among the restricted items. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas company wants to produce masks, gowns for health care workers – VIDEO
 
Las Vegas company wants to produce masks, gowns for health care workers – VIDEO

Polar Shades is a company in Las Vegas that creates window shades, but they are willing to convert their manufacturing plant to make protective equipment for first responders and health care workers— if they could get the materials. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)