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Rural Nevada county moves to shed masks, virus crowd limits Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 8, 2021 LAS VEGAS (AP) - One rural southern Nevada county could step ahead of the state and approve lifting mask mandates and business capacity limits enacted as pandemic prevention measures more than a year ago. The Nye County Commission is scheduled to vote April 20 to let businesses return to 100% occupancy and make face coverings optional. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s spokeswoman, M...

Colin A. Young State House News Service Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are going through what a local public health official described as "impressive case spikes," but local business leaders say the region is primed for a record-breaking summer tourism season on the other side of this third major wave of COVID-19. Vaira Harik, of the Barnstable County Department of Human Services, last Thursday said the Cape Cod and the Islands are "suffering disproportionately higher case rates" of COVID-19 compared with the rest of the state. Barnstable County has seen about 97 new cases per da...

Third COVID wave of COVID-19 with variants confirmed on Cape Cod Avoid indoor gatherings, double-mask indoors, Regional Consortium urges Bronwen Howells Walsh Regional health officials today confirmed a third wave of COVID-19 on Cape Cod that includes highly contageous variants, saying continued vigilance with masking and social distancing are critical. "There are multiple variants out in our community," said State Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro), spokesman of the Cape Cod COVID Response Task Force and the Regional Vaccine Consortium. "Keep it outdoors. Keep it masked." Though the days are gettin...

On-site vaccine shots offered to more Vegas casino workers April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LAS VEGAS (AP) — Another Las Vegas casino operator said Thursday it will offer on-site coronavirus vaccinations to hospitality workers. Station Casinos clinics begin next Tuesday at six of its properties in Las Vegas and suburban Henderson, company spokesman Alex Acuna said. The company arranged with paramedic and ambulance provider American Medical Response to administer COVID-19 vaccine by appointments for workers and family members. The two biggest Las Vegas casino companies — MGM Resorts Inte...

Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are going through what a local public health official described as "impressive case spikes," but local business leaders said the region is primed for a record-breaking summer tourism season on the other side of this third major wave of COVID-19. Vaira Harik of the Barnstable County Department of Human Services said Thursday morning that Cape Cod and the Islands are "suffering disproportionately higher case rates" of COVID-19 compared to the rest of the state. Barnstable County has seen about 97 new cases per day while Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket a...