Wynn Resort<\/a>s properties and The Cosmopolitan.<\/p>\nMichael Weaver, chief communications officer for Wynn Resorts, told Casino.org<\/i> Thursday night the Wynn and Encore resorts achieved an 87 percent vaccination rate. He added the company\u2019s mark is likely the highest of any hospitality company anywhere. That was accomplished through measures like establishing a vaccination clinic on company property with the help of University Medical Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were the first resort in Las Vegas to require unvaccinated employees to be tested, and have continued with a surveillance testing program of unvaccinated employees, as well as encouraging all employees to get vaccinated,\u201d <\/strong>Weaver said in an email.<\/p>\nCasino.org<\/i> reached out to other gaming operators in Vegas late Thursday afternoon for their reaction to Sisolak\u2019s comments. This article may be updated if responses are received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First, Las Vegas casino workers were ordered to put on masks again to help combat the COVID-19 spike. Now, could those workers who have yet to get a vaccination soon be ordered to get one? Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak did not go that far on Thursday. Rather, in announcing new steps aimed to stop the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":182054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,81881],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Nevada Gov. Sisolak Wants Casinos to do More to Halt COVID-19 Spread<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n