Vegas Workers Required To Mask Up, But Tourists Given Free Pass

“The protection has to be for all, not one side,” a union representative said of Clark County's decision to limit its coronavirus mask mandate.

Las Vegas workers are being ordered to mask up as coronavirus cases once again rise across the region largely due to the more contagious delta variant, while tourists and other members of the public are controversially omitted from the requirement. The Clark County Commission voted on Tuesday to require masks for all employees who work in indoor public places, regardless of whether they’ve been vaccinated. Commissioners reached the decision after they considered the virus’s potential effects on local business and hospitals if cases were to rise. “You don’t just let the crisis just linger for a while until you come up with the perfect solution,” Commissioner Jim Gibson said during the emergency meeting that featured heated comments from pro- and anti-mask community members. “We’ve got to do something.”