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Scenes From COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Today

The line of people waiting to receive a COVID-19 vaccination today at Griffith Gymnasium winds around the Los Alamos High School campus and up to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road. The event is hosted by Los Alamos County and DOH. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the vaccination clinic today at Griffith Gymnasium. Photo by Ken Hanson

A person getting his second COVID vaccination this afternoon said he was ‘flabbergasted to find an unbelievably long queue waiting to get into the high school gymnasium. One person in line told me he had been standing in line for Read More

New Mexico Phases Out Travel Quarantine Requirements

STATE News:

SANTA FE – The state of New Mexico announced today a change in its mandatory self-quarantine requirements for visitors into the state, owing to a cautiously brighter pandemic outlook after several months of unsustainable strain on the state’s health care system.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that 15 counties had reached the Yellow Level under the state’s color-coding risk system, with four additional counties at the Green Level.

All but four of the state’s counties saw a positivity rate below 10 percent in the most recent two-week period, signaling that with Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 512 New Cases, Total Now 178,790 With 31 New Deaths And 114,976 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 512 more positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 1 new cases today bringing the total to 460 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

Today’s update includes 31 more deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:

  • 122 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 14 new cases in Chaves County
  • 14 new cases in
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State Police Union Leader Sgt. Jose Carrasco Accuses New Mexico Legislators Of Attacking Law Enforcement

Sgt. Jose Carrasco, president of the union representing New Mexico State Police officers. Image from video

By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM

The president of the New Mexico State Police Association is accusing Democratic lawmakers of pursuing legislation that would give criminals more rights than police and take away tools he says officers need to safely do their jobs.

“One of the things that needs to be said is the attack on law enforcement by our current legislators,” Sgt. Jose Carrasco, president of the union representing state police officers, said in a 15-minute video to lawmakers and New Mexico Read More

Chart 333: COVID-19 In New Mexico Feb. 10, 2021

The state of New Mexico updated the COVID-19 county map with risk designations applicable for the two-week period Feb 10 – Feb 23. New Mexico’s ‘Red to Green’ framework includes two gating criteria: (1) Average daily cases below 8 per 100,000 residents, and (2) test positivity rate below 5 percent. There are three risk designations: (a) RED, none of the gating criteria are met, (b) YELLOW, one gating criteria met, (c) GREEN, both gating criteria are met. Los Alamos County, with average daily cases of 12.9 per 100,000 people and test positivity of 2.2 percent remains in YELLOW. The number
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