Las Vegas, NV (AP) — Citing a drop in requests for COVID-19 vaccination appointments despite a rising number of new cases in Nevada, health officials in Las Vegas say they’ll close the mass vaccination site at Cashman Center on Wednesday.
Dr. Michael Gardner of UNLV Medicine said the decline in appointment requests is primarily due to a large percentage of the population simply not wanting to get vaccinated.
Staff working at the Cashman site will be transferred to the Las Vegas Convention Center or placed on so-called strike teams that conduct vaccinations for harder-to-reach populations in neighborhoods.
State officials said Tuesday that 46% of Nevada’s population 16 and older has received the first vaccine dose, while 33% are now fully vaccinated with a statewide total of 1.6 million doses administered.
Both Clark County's and Nevada’s test positivity rate over the last 14 days is 5.7%. It was at an all-time low of 4.2% on March 30.
Clark County on Tuesday opened up a drive-through vaccine operation at the Las Vegas Convention Center. That will be open Tuesdays through Saturday between the hours of 8:30am and 4pm.