FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 1, 2021

Booster Doses
The Southern Nevada Health District continues to provide Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to eligible individuals. The Health District is following the Nevada State Immunization Program’s Vaccine Playbook regarding occupations where individuals may receive a booster dose due to their potential risk of exposure and transmission. The information is posted on our website: www.snhd.info/covid-booster

At this time, booster doses are only available to people who received the Pfizer vaccine. The CDC recommends the following groups receive booster doses at least six months after they have completed their two-dose series of the Pfizer vaccine:

• people 65 years and older and residents in long-term care settings,
• people aged 50–64 years with underlying medical conditions,
• people aged 18–49 years with underlying medical conditions may receive a booster shot based on their individual benefits and risks, and
• people aged 18-64 years who are at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting may receive a booster shot based on their individual benefits and risks.

The Health District continues to emphasize the importance of getting vaccinated to slow the spread of the virus and stop the pandemic. The COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at protecting people against severe illness, hospitalization and death, including disease caused by Delta and other variants circulating in Clark County.

Expanded COVID-19 vaccine clinic hours
Beginning Friday, October 1, and continuing through Saturday, October 25, the Health District will offer expanded evening and weekend COVID-19 vaccine clinic hours at its 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Southern Nevada Community Health Center.

• Friday and Monday: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.

These expanded hours are in addition to the Southern Nevada Community Health Center’s regular COVID-19 vaccine clinic hours, Monday – Friday, 6:15 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Additional Doses
Additional doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine continue to be available for people who are immunocompromised and have completed the two-dose series of the vaccines. For people in this group, additional doses of the vaccine can be administered 28 days after their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. Additional doses of the vaccine for the immunocompromised are not

available for people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC do not yet have enough data to make the same recommendations.

Clinic Locations
COVID-19 vaccines are available to the public at four Clark County School District sites

Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

• Centennial High School, 10200 W. Centennial Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89149
• Cheyenne High School, 3200 W. Alexander Rd., Las Vegas NV 89032
• Desert Pines High School, 3800 E. Harris Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89110
• Sierra Vista High School, 8100 W. Robindale Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89113

Updated Health District and community vaccine clinic information is available on the website: vaccine clinic information, locations and  is posted to the Health District website at www.snhd.info/covid-vaccine. The website includes a feature that allows people search for clinic listing by ZIP code.

Testing and vaccine clinic locations are updated regularly and available on the Health District’s COVID-19 website. A COVID-19 testing calendar with locations is available at www.snhd.info/covid-testing. More information about community vaccination site locations can be found at NVCOVIDFighter.org. The site also features live chat support to make scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment and getting information about the vaccine more accessible.

Vaccine Update
As of October 1, more than 75 percent of people 18 years of age and older have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Clark County, and more than 70 percent of people eligible (people ages 12 and over) have also received at least one dose of the vaccine. Additionally, more than 63 percent of adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Clark County. The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Clark County is 2,500,922. Additional vaccination information is available at www.snhd.info/covid-cases.

COVID-19 after Vaccination
As of September 30, the Health District has received reports of 10,449 fully vaccinated individuals testing positive for COVID-19. This represents 96 cases out of every 10,000 fully vaccinated people. The Health District is reporting a total of 158 deaths that have occurred in fully vaccinated Clark County residents. This represents 1 death out of every 10,000 fully vaccinated people. By comparison, the case rate is 45 deaths per 10,000 unvaccinated people.

No vaccine is 100 percent effective, and breakthrough infections among vaccinated people are expected. Because vaccines are not 100 percent effective, as the number of people who are fully vaccinated goes up, the number of breakthrough cases will also increase.

The Health District’s weekly report regarding COVID-19 infections after vaccination includes additional information, including trends. The complete report is available at www.snhd.info/covid-breakthrough.

Variants
Variants of the virus that cause COVID-19 are tracked by the Health District, throughout the United States and globally by public health organizations. The virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly changing, and the best way to reduce the spread and slow the emergence of new variants is to get vaccinated. More information about variants, including classifications and definitions is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/index.html.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the CDC continues to learn about variants. Recently, the CDC reclassified how it reports variants as follows: Variants Being Monitored (VBM), which may include variants previously designated as Variants of Interest (VOI) or Variants of Concern (VOC), and Variants of High Consequence (VOHC).

As of September 30, the Health District is reporting the following variants being monitored (VBM) in Clark County:

As of September 30, the Health District is reporting the following variants of concern (VOC)  in Clark County:

In the past 30 days, the Health District identified the following variants in Clark County:

The Southern Nevada Health District serves as the local public health authority for Clark County, Boulder City, Henderson, Las Vegas, Mesquite and North Las Vegas. The agency safeguards the public health of the community’s residents and visitors through innovative programs, regulations, and initiatives focused on protecting and promoting their health and well-being. More information about the Health District, its programs, services, and the regulatory oversight it provides is available at www.SNHD.info. Follow the Health District on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.