Casinos could be a particularly high-risk area for spread of the coronavirus, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says, as Las Vegas casinos prepare to reopen next week.
"You look at Las Vegas reopening its casinos," Gottlieb said on CNBC's "." "Those are the kinds of settings where I think you have more risk, where you have a lot of people crowding together, coming and going in indoor settings for sustained periods of time."
There's mounting research, including some endorsed by the White House, that shows the virus does not live as long nor spread as easily outside and in the sun as it does inside, particularly in a poorly ventilated area.to reopen more businesses, including casinos, Sisolak cited data that showed the outbreak is in decline across Nevada. He said the test-positivity rate has fallen to 6.
The requirements say that casinos are responsible for checking the temperature of guests, making masks available, keeping capacity limited to 50%, enforcing social distancing and more. However, it's not clear how the requirements will be enforced by the gaming authorities.
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