Officials: 49% of businesses following Nevada mask mandate

Officials: 49% of businesses following Nevada mask mandate

Nevada officials report a 49% compliance rate of the governor's mask mandate at Nevada businesses.

GOVERNOR SISOLAK!

GOODEVENING...I'M TRICIA KEAN.TODD HAS THE NIGHT OFF.THE GOVERNOR...REACTING TO THE LATEST OSHASURVEY SAMPLE SHOWING....THE PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESSESCOMPLYING WITH HISSTATEWIDE....MASK MANDATE IS LESS THAN HALF.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER....JEREMY CHEN IS LIVE NEARHUALAPAI AND FLAMINGO.....WITH A MORE DETAILED LOOK ATTHE NUMBERS.....THAT HAS THE GOVERNORCONCERNED.GOVERNOR SISOLAK NOT MINCINGWORDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MASKMANDATE-STRESSING EVERYONE WEAR ONE OUTIN PUBLIC.BASED ON NUMBERS RELEASED BYOSHAIT'S CLEAR THERE HASN'TBEEN FULL COMPLIANCE FROMBUSINESSES.THE AGENCY SAYS BASED ON ASURVEY SAMPLE YESTERDAYOF ABOUT 200BUSINESSESPRIMARILY BARS ANDRESTARANT LOUNGES ACROSS THESTATE- THERE WAS A 49 PERCENTCOMPLIANCE RATE.SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S MANDATEWHEN INTO EFFECT LAST WEEK,ABOUT 65 PERCENT OF BUSINESSESOVERALL HAVE COMPLIED INSOUTHERN NEVADA.THE MAIN BUSINESSES NOTCOMPLYING HAVE BEEN HOMEIMPROVEMENT STORES AND BARS.GOVERNOR SISOLAK HAS BEENSTRESSING THAT EVERYONE WEAR AMASK- AS THE NUMBER OF COVID-19CASES CONTINUE TO RISE HERE INSOUTHERN NEVADA.HE CALLED THE OSHA REPORT"DISAPPOINTING ANDUNACCEPTABLE" A WEEK AFTER HISMANDATE WHEN INTO AFFECT.THE GOVERNOR SAYING QUOTE:"TO THOSE BUSINESSES OPERATINGIN VIOLATION OF THE DIRECTIVEBY NOT IMPLEMENTING SAFE SOCIALDISTANCING AND FACE COVERINGPROTOCOLS,YOU'RE NOT ONLY JEOPARDIZINGPEOPLE'S HEALTH BUT YOU'RE ALSOJEOPARDIZING YOUR FELLOWBUSINESSES, YOUR INDUSTRY, ANDOUR OVERALL ECONOMY."GOVERNOR SISOLAK ALSO SAYING IFTHOSE NUMBERS DO NOT IMPROVEHE SAYS HE WON'T HESITATE TOTAKE DIRECT ACTION TARGETINGSPECIFIC INDUSTRIES OR AREASNEXT WEEK.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.GOVERNORS....ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE URGINGPEOPLE....