A night curfew “will do nothing,” former Health Ministry director-general Gabi Barbash told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday afternoon – the day after the coronavirus cabinet voted to implement exactly such a move.

Nevada could have its first allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine as early as mid-December, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Wednesday.

Contact tracing remains a big factor in trying to stop the spread of COVID-19. It can present challenges, though, when not everyone is forthcoming with information.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, indicators of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been on the rise since September.

Public health officials are putting out a plea for travelers to get tested after the Thanksgiving weekend after a large number of people decided to make trips for the holiday. The number of COVID-19 cases continues to spike here in Nevada and across the country.

For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Nevada on Wednesday surpassed more than 3,000 new cases reported in a single day, state data shows.

Nevada officials on Sunday reported 1,298 new coronavirus cases and 17 new deaths.

Every minute, another Nevadan is diagnosed with COVID-19. Every two hours, an infected resident dies.