In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Tests for COVID-19 are hard to come by. Now it will be even tougher to get results in the valley.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Medicine department has received 250 additional coronavirus tests kits, according to a spokesperson Monday night.
Nevada’s northern and southern labs are out of coronavirus testing swabs, but officials expect to get more kits this week, including rapid-result test kits, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Monday.
Nevada’s northern and southern labs are out of coronavirus testing swabs, but officials expect to get more kits this week, including rapid-result test kits, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Monday.
Pregnancy is typically full of excitement, but many expectant mothers in Las Vegas say the COVID-19 pandemic has stripped them of that emotion and replaced it with fear.
UNLV Medicine says Tuesday may be the final day of curbside testing for COVID-19 if it does not receive a shipment of test kits soon. Sean DeLancey reports.
UNLV only has enough COVID-19 test kits to conduct testing Monday and possible Tuesday. The university expects to run out of the kits sometime Tuesday unless it receives an additional shipment.
UNLV Medicine’s curbside coronavirus screening program could run out of tests by the end of Tuesday, the School of Medicine said.
The clinical arm of the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine says it will run out of COVID-19 test kits this week.
As the spread of coronavirus outpaces available testing, one side effect that comes with the plethora of already listed symptoms is paranoia over whether an individual does in fact have this novel coronavirus.
The Nevada State Medical Association is praising efforts by Gov. Steve Sisolak to slow the spread of COVID-19 and streamlining the processes for more licensed medical professionals and medical students to rush to the front lines for care.
UNLV Medicine plans to continue curbside COVID-19 testing on April 6 and 7, then indefinitely, due to the shortage of test kits. According to a press release, they expect to run out of kits after April 7, unless they receive another shipment.