Nevada health board may order COVID vaccination for college students

The authorities Board of Health volition clasp an exigency gathering Friday to see a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for nationalist assemblage and assemblage students.

The committee meets astatine 9 a.m. and members of the nationalist tin perceive successful by telephone oregon via Zoom video conferencing.

Originally, the committee was scheduled to see a mandate during a Sept. 3 meeting, but the timeline was moved up.

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s aesculapian advisory squad has recommended that Nevada System of Higher Education students beryllium afloat vaccinated for the outpouring 2022 semester.

Nevada is requiring its astir 27,000 authorities workers, which includes NSHE employees, to either beryllium afloat vaccinated against COVID-19 oregon acquisition investigating weekly. The request took effect this week.

Thousands of students are preparing to instrumentality to campuses successful idiosyncratic this period — immoderate of whom volition beryllium surviving successful dorms oregon different densely-populated lodging environments — successful areas of the authorities wherever lawsuit numbers are high, including Clark County.

Adding to concerns: the 18-to 24-year-old property radical has had 1 of the highest rates of COVID-19 cases successful the authorities passim the pandemic.

In May, the higher acquisition system, which oversees 8 campuses and much than 100,000 students, announced it was drafting plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students coming onto campuses for autumn semester with immoderate constricted exceptions.

NSHE said astatine the clip the request would beryllium contingent connected the U.S. Food and Drug Administration giving afloat support to COVID-19 vaccines, which hasn’t happened, and affirmative votes by the Board of Regents and authorities Board of Health.

Earlier this month, though, the higher acquisition strategy said the ineligible authorization for a vaccine mandate for students falls nether the authorities Board of Health.

Hundreds of colleges and universities crossed the state are mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students oregon employees this fall, including the University of California and California State University systems.

Contact Julie Wootton-Greener astatine jgreener@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-2921. Follow @julieswootton connected Twitter.