Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada National Guard and Community Ambulance will offer free drive-thru COVID-19 testing and vaccination services five nights a week, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., in the parking lot of UNLV’s Stan Fulton building, 801 E. Flamingo Road off Paradise Road.
The operation will be open this Wednesday and Thursday night, but will be closed on Friday and Saturday nights. After that, It’s five-day a week schedule will be Sunday through Thursday evenings starting Sunday. Aug. 8. No appointments are necessary. The site will have about 300 doses of vaccine and 500 tests each night of operation, and will operate on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
The three COVID vaccines approved for use in the United States – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, requiring two doses for maximum protection, and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen one-shot vaccine will be available at the Stan Fulton site location.
Due to increases in COVID-19 caseloads and the positivity rate in Clark County, officials are urging all who aren’t already vaccinated to do so as soon as possible to limit the spread of the virus. COVID-19 vaccines are safe, free and readily available at clinics and pharmacies throughout the community.
A list of locations can be found on the Health District’s website: www.snhd.info/covid-vaccine or by calling the state’s vaccine hotline at 1-800-401-0946, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. COVID-19 vaccine is also are available to those who are homebound. For information call (855) 635-0235 or email homebound@snhd.org.