Thousands of Las Vegas area hospitality workers may be the next group to be cleared to receive Covid-19 vaccines. According to Fox-5 News, Nevada’s Covid-19 Task Force said hospitality workers throughout Southern Nevada could be up for vaccination by the week of March 21. Other hospitality workers in some counties could get it sooner, the report.
The workers will be vaccinated at supersites such as the Cashman Center or Las Vegas Convention Center.
“I think we’re creeping up close to that in the next couple of months,” MGM President of Entertainment and Sports George Kliavkoff said. “We’re seeing a palpable change in the enthusiasm in Las Vegas over the last three or four weeks. That’s tied for us to a reduction in the Covid cases and the increase in vaccine distribution.”
Culinary Unions Local 226 released a statement on the vaccination process, saying, “Communities of color, who have highest incidents of COVID-19 infection rates and deaths due to the virus, need equitable access to the vaccine. That includes the 60,000 frontline unionized hospitality workers who work in casinos and throughout the resort industry in Nevada.”
More than 469,000 vaccines have been administered so far, according to officials.
