The G3Wire- March 25, 2022 – Griffin Company

On April 1, 2022, the Nevada National Guard’s support of the State’s COVID-19 response will come to a close. This is exactly two years after it began. At the peak in April 2020, 1,139 members of the Nevada Guard were on orders to assist the State, the largest domestic emergency response in Nevada Guard history. It eventually became the lengthiest state activation in history with members of the Nevada Guard remaining on orders for more than 700 days. In total, more than 1,400 Nevada Guardsmen and women supported Nevada’s COVID-19 response.

From the Press Release:

In all, Nevada Guardsmen and women directly administered 831,227 COVID-19 tests and 818,661 vaccinations. Nevada Guard personnel supported a larger number of test and vaccination locations other than direct administration, primarily with traffic control and administrative paperwork at 85 mobile and stationary sites. Altogether, Nevada Guard personnel supported efforts to test 2.5 million Nevadans and vaccinate an additional 2.9 million. Sixty-two of the sites were mobile efforts in urban, rural and tribal locations around the state.

The full statement can be found HERE.

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