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Hundreds pack Fremont St. in Las Vegas amid coronavirus pandemic

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Hundreds pack Fremont St. in Las Vegas amid coronavirus pandemic
Hundreds pack Fremont St. in Las Vegas amid coronavirus pandemic

NEWS: Many patrons were not wearing masks and others were wearing masks pulled down away from their face on the first day of Labor Day weekend.

IN LAS VEGAS.VIEWER VIDEO SHOWS LARGE CROWDSPACKED TOGETHER - - MANYWITHOUT MASKS.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE NEAR THE STRIP- - WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OFIGNORING SAFETY PROCEDURES -THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.SEAN?NINA - - THE CONSEQUESNCESCOULD BE DIRE FOR THE HEALTHAND ECONOMY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA-- AND OUR SURROUNDING STATES.VIDEO TAKEN BY VIEWER MARTINLAURSEN SHOWS HUNDREDS ANDHUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKEDTOGETHER ON FREMONT STREET LASTNIGHT - SOME WITHOUT MASKS ANDOTHER WITH THEIR MASKS PULLEDDOWN AROUND THEIR CHIN.BEFORE THIS WEEKEND - CLARKCOUNTY CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS WEREDOWN.DAILY CASES FRIDAY SAT AT 131PEOPLE - - DOWN FROM A PEAK1,469 CASES A DAY IN MID-JULY.SETTING US BACK.STEVE SISOLAK/(D) NEVADAGOVERNOR "PLEASE HELP US GETTHROUGH THIS WEEKEND.WE HAD A MAJOR SETBACK AFTERMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.WE HADANOTHER ONE AFTER THE FOURTH OFJULY.THIS IS OUR THIRD BIG ONE OFTHE SUMMER."SISOLAK WARNS THAT IF TOURISTSGET SICK HERE - - AND THENBEGIN SPREADING THE VIRUS BACKHOME - IT COULD LEAD TO LASVEGAS'S ECONOMIC RUIN.HE SAYS WE WOULDN'T NEED TOSHUT OURSELVES DOWN AGAIN - -BECAUSE TRAVEL BANS FROM OTHERSTATES WOULD EFFECTIVELY DO THESAME THING - - AND THAT COULDHAPPEN.SO - - DO WHAT EXPERTS SUGGEST- WEAR YOUR MASK PROPERLY -MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE - -AND BE SAFE THIS LABOR DAY.AFTER PREVIOUS HOLIDAYS - -CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS BEGANRISING IN THE TWO WEEKS AFTERTHE CELEBRATIONS.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.AND OFFICIALS ACROSS THE NATIONARE ECHOING GOVERNOR SISOLAK'S

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