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The Clark County Commission on Monday voted to require masks for all indoor employees regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, but has no longer required them for tourists and the general public.
The vote on Monday’s emergency session came after the Southern Nevada Health District recommended masks for everyone last week amid rising COVID-19 cases in Las Vegas.
The CDC named Clark County a “sustainable hotspot” on July 18, referring to what it describes as “communities with high persistent caseload and potentially higher risk for health resource constraints.”
Commissioner Jim Gibson quoted the threat to the Las Vegas tourism industry at Monday’s meeting.
“We’ve already done a shutdown and start-up,” said Gibson. “We cannot afford big congresses to go elsewhere.”
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In addition to the mask mandate for employees, venues with more than 250 people are required to undergo plans to contain COVID-19, companies are asked to put up signs advising health officials that everyone wear masks, and the city will be re-energized to serve more people get vaccinated.
The order will come into force on Thursday at midnight and will be re-examined by the Commission on August 17th.
An exterior view of the Encore and Wynn properties in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, February 7, 2018. (REUTERS / Steve Marcus)
Joe Pierro, owner of Market Grille Cafe in Las Vegas, told Fox News over the weekend that he was “shocked” by the new masking recommendations.
“All the struggles that we made to get where we are today and in the knowledge that we may have to return,” Pierro told Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday. “Do we really have to go back here again?”
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Approximately 55.6% of Nevada residents 12 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 45.6% are fully vaccinated.
Casinos and clubs lifted most of the pandemic restrictions about two weeks ago, while the CDC said vaccinated people will no longer have to wear masks in mid-May.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
