WASHINGTON: After the Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal from a group of teachers to block the mandate of the New York City Covid-19 vaccine for public school teachers and other staff, Nevada has issued the same policy, requiring employees at all universities and public universities to get vaccinations on December 1 or face potential termination.
All new employees must prove their vaccination status under new policies.
Meanwhile, the trend of Coronavirus cases improved in urban areas but deteriorated in most parts of the countryside where the vaccination rate was the lowest.
The Desert Research Institute has the highest vaccination rate of 87 percent, followed by the University of Nevada Reno at 82.
UNLV reported 75 percent.
Large Basin College based in Elko has the worst rates at 66 percent.
Nearly 65 percent of residents aged 12 and older have one vaccination and 56 percent are vaccinated, according to state data.
On Friday, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, denied an emergency application from a group of teachers who had submitted orders with him on Thursday to make the mandate come into force.
Under the mandate, around 148,000 school employees have 5pm on Friday to get at least their first vaccine shots.
Those who do not face suspension without paying when school is open on Monday.
Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints thanked the members who had followed their guidance to vaccinate against the Coronavirus.
Church President Russell M Nelson spoke Saturday at a conference that occurred without a full presence due to a pandemic.
For the first time in two years, the leaders returned to the 20,000 chair conference center, with several hundred people watching directly and others on television.
The choir of the Scriptures at the Square Temple returned to the conference.
Utah-based faith has repeatedly encouraged 16 million members around the world to limit the spread by getting a vaccine and wearing a mask.
Last week, Church officials announced a mask would be requested in the temple to limit the spread of the virus.
On the other hand, the leader of Mississippi’s pediatrician organization urged the school district to maintain the mask mandate to slow down the spread of Covid-19.
Dr.
Anita Henderson from Hattiesburg is President Chapter Mississippi from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
He said about 30 percent of children aged 12 to 17 in the state of vaccinated, and “now is not the time to continue”.
Mississippi has reported nine pediatric deaths from Covid-19.
Some of the school district is the mask mandate revoked.
Among them is the Madison County district and Rankin County in the middle of Mississippi and the Ocean Springs district in Gulf Coast.
Now the Nevada Institute staff needs to get a covid vaccine or a facial cessation
