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Nevada's Prioritization Lanes

Nevada's Prioritization Lanes

Vaccinations occur concurrently in two lanes: 1) Frontline/Essential Workforce; and 2) General Population.

IMPORTANT: Each county throughout Nevada may be at a different vaccination pace based on availability of vaccine, uptake in the population, and size of population groups in the two lanes.

Frontline/Essential Workforce Lane

PUBLIC SAFETY & SECURITY

  • NV Dept. of Corrections Staff
  • Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and National Security
  • State and Local Emergency Operations Managers/Staff

FRONTLINE COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  • Education (Pre-K & K-12) and Childcare – public/private/charter school settings
  • Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Frontline Educators, Staff & Students
  • Community Support Frontline Staff (i.e. frontline workers who support food, shelter, court/legal and social services, and other necessities of life for needy groups and individuals)
  • Continuity of Governance (State and Local)
  • Essential Public Transportation
  • Remaining Essential Public Health Workforce
  • Mortuary Services

FRONTLINE SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS

  • Agriculture and Food Processing
  • End-to-End Essential Goods Supply Chain (includes manufacturing, transport, distribution and sale of essential items)
  • Utilities and Communications Infrastructure
  • Nevada Department of Transportation and Local Emergency Road Personnel
  • Frontline Airport Operations
  • Other Essential Transportation

FRONTLINE COMMERCE & SERVICE INDUSTRIES

  • Food Service and Hospitality
  • Hygiene Products and Services
  • Depository Credit Institution Workforce

FRONTLINE INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Infrastructure, Shelter and Housing (Construction)
  • Essential Mining Operations

OTHER

  • Community Support Administrative Staff
  • NSHE Students living in campus-sponsored residential settings (e.g., dorms, campus-sponsored apartments, etc.)
  • NSHE Remaining Workforce

General Population Lane

Nevadans 70 years & older

Nevadans 65-69 years

Nevadans 16-64 years with underlying conditions

  • CANCER
  • CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
  • COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE), CYSTIC FIBROSIS, PULMONARY FIBROSIS, AND OTHER CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES
  • DOWN SYNDROME
  • HEART CONDITIONS, SUCH AS HEART FAILURE, CORONARY HEART DISEASE, OR CARDIOMYOPATHIES
  • IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FROM SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT
  • OBESITY (BODY MASS INDEX, BMI, OF 30-39) AND SEVERE OBESITY (BMI OF 40 OR GREATER)
  • PREGNANCY
  • SICKLE CELL DISEASE
  • TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
  • SMOKING

    Added on March 1, 2021:

  • Asthma (moderate-to-severe)
  • Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Hypertension or high blood pressure
  • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
  • Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
  • Liver disease
  • Overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2, but < 30 kg/m2)
  • Pulmonary fibrosis (having damaged or scarred lung tissues)
  • Thalassemia (a type of blood disorder)
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Individuals with disabilities; Nevadans experiencing homelessness

Healthy Adults, 16-64 years

NDOC Inmates & Transitional Offender Group Housing

NDOC inmates will be vaccinated following the same prioritization as the general population.