Aspen Elementary School Nurse Miceala (Misha) Brown, RN, BSN, is the first LAPS employee to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccine. She also works at the Los Alamos Medical Center. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

With FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, New Mexico DOH has developed a state vaccination plan.

It is posted on this website.

The plan may soon change because an FDA panel has recently recommended emergency authorization of a second vaccine, which was developed by Maderna.

Here is a high-level summary of the NMDOH plan:

Phase 1: Health Care workers (currently being implemented);

Phase 2: People with chronic health conditions and those in congregate care like nursing homes and homeless shelters. Also included are EMTs, firefighters and people over the age of 65; and

Phase 3: Includes teachers and school personnel (could be summer 2021 or sooner).