Businesses have been shut in Nevada for a month now, and Governor Sisolak said today that he doesn’t know if Nevada will still be closed after April 30.
He said, quite pointedly in his news conference today, that he is listening to the scientists and he will open the state when they say it is safe to.
We also heard from the head of Nevada’s state labs about what they’re doing. It involves more testing and 3-D printing of testing materials.
How much past April 30 can businesses survive in this state - with being open or running at full capacity?
Today we’re checking in with Peter Guzman, who is the executive director of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, about his vast membership and how they’re doing.
The Latin Chamber represents all sorts of businesses - from hotels and casinos to restaurants for various sizes, to realtors and janitors and independent contractors. Some of their members - like construction companies - are still working. But many are not.
Guzman favors more testing, a clear plan, and a gradual reopening to start sooner than later.
News:
The news stories we talked about today are:
Governor Sisolak's press conference, where we learned from Dr. Mark Pandori of the State Dept. of Health Labs, that:
But Dr. Mark Pandori, head of the state Dept. of Public Health lab, was clear that we can’t go back to normal until we test people who are not symptomatic
- They have 5,000 testing kids on hand at any given time
- They are making swabs via 3D printing
- They will be doing automatic testing
- They will be opening more testing places
- They will implement antibody testing to see who has had COVID 19 already