Nevada to Disburse $5 Million in Vaccine Effort

Heidi Parker, executive director of Immunize Nevada, helps to announce a COVID-19 vaccine incentive program, "Vax Nevada Days," in the Twitch Lounge at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on June 17, 2021. Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

LAS VEGAS—Nevada is distributing $5 million in cash prizes to residents who have been vaccinated as part of an effort to encourage more people to get shots.

Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that the new “Vax Nevada Days” initiative provided skeptics one more reason to get vaccinated.