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Nevada officials report 49% mask mandate compliance, Sisloak calls the report 'disappointing, unacceptable'

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Nevada officials report 49% mask mandate compliance, Sisloak calls the report 'disappointing, unacceptable'
Nevada officials report 49% mask mandate compliance, Sisloak calls the report 'disappointing, unacceptable'

Nevada officials report a 49% compliance rate of the governor's mask mandate at businesses throughout the state ahead of the Fourth of July holiday - a finding that Gov.

Steve Sisolak calls "disappointing and unacceptable." Jeremy Chen reports.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US...TONIGHT.I'M TRICIA KEAN.TODD HAS.... THE NIGHT OFF.TONIGHT....GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK ISFRUSTRATED...WITH THE LATEST....OSHA SURVEY SAMPLEMANDATE.....IS LESS THAN HALF!!!13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER.....JEREMY CHEN IS LIVE.....WITH A MORE DETAILED LOOK....AT THE NUMBERS....THAT HAS THE GOVERNORCONCERNED.JEREMY...GOVERNOR SISOLAK NOT MINCINGWORDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MASKMANDATE- STRESSING EVERYONEWEAR ONE OUT IN PUBLIC.BASED ON NUMBERS RELEASED BYOSHAIT'S CLEAR THERE HASN'TBEEN FULL COMPLIANCE FROMBUSINESSES.GOV.SISOLAK "PLEASE WEAR A MASK.WEARING A MASK WORKS."GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAKCONTINUING TO STRESS HIS MASKMANDATE- AS CASES OF COVID-19CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE STATE.HOWEVER NOT ALL BUSINESSES HAVEBEEN FOLLOWING HIS ORDERS.OSHA SAYS BASED ON A SURVEYSAMPLE YESTERDAY OF ABOUT200 BUSINESSESPRIMARILY BARSAND RESTARANT LOUNGES ACROSSTHE STATE- THERE WAS A 49PERCENT COMPLIANCE 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 CALLED THEOSHA REPORT "DISAPPOINTING ANDUNACCEPTABLE".THIS COMES A WEEK AFTER HISMANDATE WHEN INTO EFFECT.WHILE HE THANK BUSINESSES THATHAVE BEEN COMPLYING- HECHASTISED OTHERS SAYING QUOTE:"TO THOSE BUSINESSES OPERATINGIN VIOLATION OF THE DIRECTIVEBY NOT IMPLEMENTING SAFE SOCIALDISTANCING AND FACE COVERINGPROTOCOLS, YOU'RE NOT ONLYJEOPARDIZING PEOPLE'S HEALTHBUT YOU'RE ALSO JEOPARDIZINGCLARK COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEYWILL HAVE THEIR BUSINESSLICENSE AGENTS- STEP UPENFORCEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'SMASK MANDATE.ANY BUSINESSES ON VIOLATION MAYBE GIVEN ANYWHERE FROM AWARNING TO EVEN REVOKING THEBUSINESS LICENSE.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION.WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKINGNEWS....IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.SEVERAL STREETS....IN NEWPORT BEACH...

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