LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - Many of us received an emergency alert text on Tuesday afternoon, but it wasn’t because of an oncoming storm or an amber alert for a lost child.
Instead, it was information about Clark County's “Stop, Swab and Go” coronavirus testing events happening at Sam Boys Stadium, Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho.
The county says that the because of the “existing Declaration of Emergency and the current health threat posed by COVID-19, it is important to make it widely known that this free, convenient, drive-thru testing is available”
In the statement, a spokesman for the county said, "The Clark County Office of Emergency Management determined that under the existing Declaration of Emergency and the current health threat posed by COVID-19, it is important to make it widely known that this free, convenient, drive-thru testing is available. Through testing, we can identify who is positive and those persons can isolate themselves and slow the spread. Through testing, we can also conduct disease investigations and conduct contact tracing to alert those who may have been exposed. Through this Stop, Swab & Go effort, 60,000 tests are available through Sept. 18 and we encourage everyone to register at DoINeedaCOVID19test.com and get tested"
The event is being held weekdays through September 18th, with the exception of Labor Day Monday, September 7th.