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This story has been updated to include the authorization by the FDA to use the Pfizer vaccine in children 12 and older and to add additional information from UNR.
Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick supports requiring COVID-19 vaccines for K-12 students once the immunizations receive full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Dick said he was also in support of plans to require the vaccines of University of Nevada, Reno, and Truckee Meadows Community College students as soon as the fall semester.
The Nevada System of Higher Education announced last week it was drafting plans to make it mandatory once the drugs were approved for full use.
Nevada reports 1st case of virus variant from South Africa
By Staff | Feb 19, 2021
This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. According to research released in 2021, evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time. (Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP)
RENO, Nev. (AP) Nevada health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of a coronavirus variant that was originally identified in South Africa.
Novel Coronavirus In Nevada: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
6:00 p.m. | February 16, 2021
New Daily Case Average In Nevada Now Below 500
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Nevada since the start of the pandemic has surpassed 289,000, but the average of new daily cases over the past two weeks has now dipped just below 500. The state also reported 13 new deaths related to the virus Tuesday, and the death toll across Nevada is now 4,733.
In Washoe County, health officials are reporting three new deaths related to the virus Tuesday bringing the death toll there to 633. The deceased were women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, and all had an underlying health condition. The county is also reporting 25 new cases and nearly 250 recoveries.