A call for aggressive steps to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Las Vegas landing on a federal government list of cities and being urged to curb its outbreak.
Jeremy Chen reports.
STEPS".....TO STOP THE SPREAD OF"COVID-19".LAS VEGAS IS ONE OF -11-CITIES.....ON A FEDERAL GOVERNMENTLIST....BEING WARNED.GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY...I'M TRICIA KEAN.TODD WILL JOIN ME.....AT -6-.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER.....JEREMY CHEN IS LIVE..EXPLAINING HOW LOCALLEADERS....ARE RESPONDING TO THIS.JEREMY...DOCTOR DEBORAH BIRX-THE HEAD OFTHE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUSTASK FORCE MADE HER COMMENTSLAST WEEK- TELLING OFFICIALS INSEVERAL CITIES INCLUDING LASVEGAS TO TAKE ACTION.LEADERS HERE IN LAS VEGAS..SAY THEY'RE LISTENING.COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO RISEIN SOUTHERN NEVADA...CATCHING THE ATTENTION OFFEDERAL OFFICIALS.IN A REPORT FROM THE CENTER FORPUBLIC INTEGRITY-DR.DEBORAH BIRX NAMED LAS VEGAS ASONE OF 11 MAJOR CITIES NEEDINGTO TAKE AGGRESSIVE STEPS TOCURB THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.CLARK COUNTY OFFICIALS INRESPONSE SAY-THEY'RE EXPANDINGCOVID TESTING AND ADDINGHUNDREDS OF CONTACT TRACERS.COMMISSIONER MARILYNKIRKPATRICK SAYS THE COUNTY ISTAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS."I FEEL WE'RE PRETTY AGGRESSIVEALREADY AND WE'RE TARGETINGTHOSE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAVEN'TDONE TESTING SO THAT'SINCREASING OUR NUMBERS, BUTWE'REIN A GOOD SPOT MANAGING THISVIRUS." GOVERNOR SISOLAK'SOFFICE ALSO RESPONDING SAYINGIN PART..."LOCALITIES THAT ARE NEWLYLISTED IN THE RED AND YELLOWZONES BY THE WHITE HOUSE HAVEBEEN ASKED TO PROVIDEADDITIONAL ACTIONS THEY HAVETAKEN OR PLAN TO TAKE - BEYONDMEASURES ALREADY TAKENSTATEWIDE - TO IMPLEMENT THEPOLICYRECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WHITEHOUSE." JUST THREE MONTHSAGO-MAYOR CAROLYN GOODMANCRITICIZED SHUT DOWN EFFORTS-AIMED AT STOPPING THE SPREAD OFTHEVIRUS."THIS SHUTDOWN HAS BECOME ONEOF TOTAL INSANITY, IN MYOPINION." BUT NOW--- THE CITYOF LAS VEGAS IS ALSO TAKINGSTEPS TO CURB THE OUTBREAK.CITY MANAGER SCOTT ADAMSSHARING A LETTER SENT TO THEGOVERNOR'S OFFICE- HIGHLIGHTINGTHAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING ONTHOSE BUSINESSES AND THAT WOULDBE DEVASTATING ON OUR ECONOMY,SO IT BEHOOVES US TO GET AHEADHOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE-AND RECOMMENDED THATPOOLS AND GYMS BE CLOSED AGAIN.COMING UP AT SIX...WE'LL HEARMORE FROM A LOCAL DOCTOR ABOUTTHE STEPS AREA OFFICIALS ARETAKING.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.THIS COMES.....AS NEARLY -40- THOUSANDPEOPLE.....
About 2 weeks ago we told you that Nevada was one of 11 states considered a 'red zone' for COVID-19. That number has nearly doubled..
