Southern Nevada Health District COVID-19 Update 7/29/2020
July 30, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2020
Southern Nevada Health District COVID-19 Update
Testing Based on increasing demand for COVID-19 testing services at collection sites at its main location at 280 S. Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89107, and All Saints Episcopal Church, 4201 W. Washington Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89107, the Southern Nevada Health District has implemented an online registration-based system for people requesting testing services. The new registration service is available in English and Spanish at www.snhd.info/get-tested.
Additional Health District and partner testing locations and dates are available on a community testing calendar at www.snhd.info/covid-19-testing-sites.
The Southern Nevada Health District follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. It is no longer recommended that people who tested positive for COVID-19 be tested again. This recommendation includes employers who may have required employees be retested before returning to work. Under the updated guidance, people who had symptoms of COVID-19 can discontinue self-isolation after at least 10 days have passed since the symptoms began, at least 24 hours since a fever has resolved without taking fever-reducing medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, and as long as there has been improvement in other symptoms. For those who were asymptomatic, release from isolation is 10 days from the test collection date.
Return to Work The Health District and the CDC recommend that employers not require a health care provider’s note for employees to return to work. Most people with COVID-19 have mild illness and can recover at home without medical care. They are advised to follow CDC recommendations to determine when to discontinue home isolation and return to work. Many health care providers and medical facilities are extremely busy, and requiring return-to-work documentation may cause unnecessary delay for employees who are healthy and able to return to the workforce. The Health District does not provide return-to-work documentation. CDC business guidance is available here.
Disease Investigators and Contact Tracers The Health District initially mobilized a response staff of approximately 60 disease investigators and contract tracers that included existing staff, employees from programs throughout the Health District, and community partners. Through the ongoing efforts of staff, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, partnerships with Clark County Social Services, UNLV, volunteers and others, the Health District ranks of contact tracers and disease investigators will expand by approximately 300.
Southern Nevada Health District COVID-19 Update
Testing Based on increasing demand for COVID-19 testing services at collection sites at its main location at 280 S. Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89107, and All Saints Episcopal Church, 4201 W. Washington Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89107, the Southern Nevada Health District has implemented an online registration-based system for people requesting testing services. The new registration service is available in English and Spanish at www.snhd.info/get-tested.
Additional Health District and partner testing locations and dates are available on a community testing calendar at www.snhd.info/covid-19-testing-sites.
The Southern Nevada Health District follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. It is no longer recommended that people who tested positive for COVID-19 be tested again. This recommendation includes employers who may have required employees be retested before returning to work. Under the updated guidance, people who had symptoms of COVID-19 can discontinue self-isolation after at least 10 days have passed since the symptoms began, at least 24 hours since a fever has resolved without taking fever-reducing medications such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, and as long as there has been improvement in other symptoms. For those who were asymptomatic, release from isolation is 10 days from the test collection date.
Return to Work The Health District and the CDC recommend that employers not require a health care provider’s note for employees to return to work. Most people with COVID-19 have mild illness and can recover at home without medical care. They are advised to follow CDC recommendations to determine when to discontinue home isolation and return to work. Many health care providers and medical facilities are extremely busy, and requiring return-to-work documentation may cause unnecessary delay for employees who are healthy and able to return to the workforce. The Health District does not provide return-to-work documentation. CDC business guidance is available here.
Disease Investigators and Contact Tracers The Health District initially mobilized a response staff of approximately 60 disease investigators and contract tracers that included existing staff, employees from programs throughout the Health District, and community partners. Through the ongoing efforts of staff, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, partnerships with Clark County Social Services, UNLV, volunteers and others, the Health District ranks of contact tracers and disease investigators will expand by approximately 300.
