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Life After 50: COVID Positive…

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After a staff member tested positive for COVID Tuesday at Betty Ehart Senior Center, staff at White Rock Senior Center assumed responsibility under direction of Chef Michael Mason for feeding all home delivered meal recipients. Remaining employees from Betty Ehart today tested negative. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO

To give you a visual of this COVID virus, it is a ripple on the pond after the stone is tossed, which starts a process.

I have always been vocal with my administration staff that if we have a positive test, we will be fully transparent. Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,803 New Cases, Total Now 118,358 With 24 New Deaths And 43,091 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,803 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 10 more cases today … the total is now 206 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 24 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 573 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 54 new cases in Chaves County
  • 18 new cases in Cibola County
  • 21 new cases in Colfax County
  • 27 new cases in Curry County
  • 98 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 30 new cases in Eddy County
  • 7 new
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Biosciences Company NTx Led By Former LANL Scientist Alex Koglin Set To Launch Major Expansion In New Mexico

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NTx Co-founder/President Alex Koglin went to work at LANL in 2009 as the J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow specializing in antibacterial drug resistance as part of the biosecurity and defense program. Courtesy/NTx

State Economic Development Department News:

  • STEM employer will add 116 jobs with LEDA assistance

RIO RANCHO – A home-grown biosciences company that can make New Mexico a leader in the development and manufacturing of life-saving medicines will receive state economic assistance as it expands into a new research and production center, Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Alicia Read More

PED: 42 New Mexico Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist

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PED News:

SANTA FE – Forty-two New Mexico public school buildings appeared on the COVID-19 Watchlist in the week ending Friday, Dec. 11, signifying they had at least two Rapid Responses within a 14-day period. 

Schools On Watchlist:

ALBUQUERQUE

  • Cibola High
  • Cleveland Middle
  • James Monroe Middle
  • Helen Cordero Primary
  • La Cueva High
  • Media Arts Collaborative Charter
  • Washington Middle
  • Zia Elementary

ANTHONY

  • Gadsden High

ARTESIA

  • Artesia Park Junior High

BELEN

  • Rio Grande Elementary

CARLSBAD

  • Carlsbad Intermediate
  • Monterrey Elementary

CLAYTON

  • Alvis Elementary

CLOVIS

  • Clovis High School Freshman
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New Mexico DOH And PED Announce Two-Week Delay In Return To In-Person School Learning After Winter Break  

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NMDOH/PED News:

  • Measure Combats COVID Case Surge, Accelerates Return to Safe, Sustainable In-Person Learning  

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) and the Public Education Department (PED) today announced a two-week delay in the return to in-person learning after the winter break, in an effort to help mitigate what may be a post-holiday surge in COVID-19 cases in New Mexico and to minimize the risk of exposure in in-person learning environments during that time.

Details include:

  • No in-person learning will be permitted during the weeks of Jan. 4 and Jan. 11, 2021.   
  • Schools
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New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,849 New Cases, Total Now 116,565 With 43 New Deaths And 42,415 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,849 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 2 more cases today … the total is now 196 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 43 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 560 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 90 new cases in Chaves County
  • 19 new cases in Cibola County
  • 3 new cases in Colfax County
  • 53 new cases in Curry County
  • 1 new case in De Baca County
  • 101 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 74 new
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Environment Department COVID Watchlist Update: Dec. 10

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NMED News:

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has updated its daily Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist, which includes New Mexico places of employment that have had two or more rapid responses in the last 14 days.

There are 125 establishments on the Watchlist.

The current Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist and closure list, which includes all establishments that have been required to close, are posted here.

The state initiates a rapid response when it learns of a positive COVID-19 case in a workplace. NMED or the state agency initiating the rapid response will offer direction to establishments Read More