Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Health, Local Government, Private Sector and Businesses
Level of Jurisdiction: NV
Lead People/Agency: Governor Steve Sisolak
Overview: COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency Directive 024 promotes the Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery to help with a federally supported, state managed, and locally executed reopening approach by giving county governments the authority to impose additional COVID-19 related restrictions on businesses and public activities. Standards imposed by the Declaration of Emergency Directives can be exceeded by what businesses chose to adopt, but adopted practices must not be more permissive. In accordance with Phase Two of the Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery plan, businesses must require face covering to enter. All local, city, and county governments, and state agencies have the power to enforce all Directives and regulations.
Full details here: http://gov.nv.gov/News/Emergency_Orders/2020/2020-06-24_-COVID-19_Declaration_of_Emergency_Directive_024_(Attachments)/
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Advice of EXTERNAL expert advisor or advisory committee, Learning from other jurisdictions, Perception of an increased threat
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation, National – academic
Evidence/Justification: “Infection diseases scientists and experts advise that “masks indisputably protect individuals against airborne transmission of respiratory diseases”