SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico- As people begin to recover from the pandemic, animal services in the Borderland are feeling some unforeseen effects due to the virus. “With COVID we have just seen that everything that was walking along the edge of working just enough broke apart and now we are reeling,” Director of Community and
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By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a maskless US President Joe Biden said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he outlined his plan to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Thanks to the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso health officials reported 30 new Covid-19 related deaths spanning a period of four months. The data are part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention week 8. On death dates back to November, three are from January and 26 are from February. All 30 patients had underlying conditions.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso hospitals are seeing a drop in Covid-19 patients. For the first time since November, there are fewer than 200 Covid-19 patients at area hospitals, according to city data. As of Monday morning, there were 150 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, and 44 were in intensive care. There were more than
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(CNN) — New metrics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that about 28% of people in the United States live in a county where they need to wear masks indoors, a significant drop from previous metrics that advised 99% of people in the US to keep their masks on. Previously, the
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II canceled her planned virtual engagements on Tuesday as she continues to suffer from mild Covid-19 symptoms, Buckingham Palace has said. The palace announced Sunday that the 95-year-old monarch had contracted the virus. “As Her Majesty is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms she has decided
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The number of recorded Covid-19 deaths for the past week went down again from the previous week; the deaths spanned three months. Twenty deaths were from February, one from December and one from January. The totals are part of city health data included in tracking for the Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN Carnival Cruises will be relaxing its mask rules. A release from the company indicated masks will be recommended but not required on board from sailings departing on and after March 1. “We have had a very successful restart of guest operations thanks to the support of our guests, the commitment of
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EL PASO, Texas– Across the region the blind community is struggling to take at home COVID-19 tests alone. According to the vice president of the El Paso Council of the Blind, Alfredo Perez, there are many issues with at home COVID-19 testing. Perez said that with the instructions not being available in braille, the blind
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son held back tears when he heard the news. The two were in the car when the announcement came through the radio: Virginia’s freshly sworn-in governor had signed an order attempting to ban mask mandates in schools. “My son looked up at me and he had tears in
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EL PASO, Texas – Two female lions at the El Paso Zoo had Covid-19 in January. According to Zoo officials, Zari and Malika have recovered. Joe Montisano says Covid is rarely fatal in animals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the virus can pass from people to animals during close contact. But the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso health officials say a child under 5 who tested positive for Covid-19 has died. Officials say the child had underlying health conditions. “We are saddened to learn about the death of a child, and send our deepest condolences to the family members,” said City-County Local Health Authority Dr. Hector
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UPDATE: Las Cruces Public Schools – Effective immediately, masks will be optional while district officials evaluate current COVID-safe practices. For indoor activities and events, schools will still observe social distancing to the greatest extent possible. Under the new guidance, concession sales can resume immediately. “We will move cautiously forward under this shift,” said LCPS Superintendent
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According to New Mexico State University, 43 employees have been let go due to not following the Executive Order that federal employees must be fully vaccinated. NMSU announced on Oct. 27, 2021, that they would be following the Executive Order and set a deadline to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8 of 2021. That deadline
Continue Reading CNN By Tami Luhby and Naomi Thomas, CNN More than 50 million households have received their free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government, a senior White House adviser told CNN on Wednesday. “That’s more than 80% of those who’ve ordered their tests have gotten them, and the rest will get them this week,” Dr.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN The state of Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn President Joe Biden’s mask mandate for public transport, marking the latest longshot bid to scrap one of the President’s key Covid-19 health measures. “Biden’s repeated disregard of the individual liberties of Texans is not only disrespectful to the US Constitution,
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso ISD Board of Trustees updated some Covid-19 policies but has left the mask rule in place. Among the changes, the board lifted the student travel ban, allowing students to attend school-related activities, and the school board also transferred all decision-making power on issues related to Covid to the
Continue Reading By Paula Newton and Paradise Afshar, CNN Canada is easing Covid-19 testing regulations for travelers, the country’s health minister announced on Tuesday. Starting February 28, the country will no longer require PCR tests for fully vaccinated travelers and will accept rapid tests, according to Federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos’ announcement. Rapid tests may be
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces doctor is offering a brand new type of monoclonal antibody therapy to patients. In December, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for Evusheld, which is administered by injection. The drug is intended to prevent Covid-19 infections in immunocompromised people. “It’s really exciting,” said
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EL PASO, Texas – Sal and Maritza Soto survived the worst Covid symptoms inside their UMC hospital room, which the nurse coined, the honeymoon suite. That was November 2020. And on this Valentine’s day, they looked back on what that virus, and that stay, did to their marriage. “It made us stronger as a couple.”
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children under 5. Friday’s move means another monthslong delay for the shots. The Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer to apply before its study was even finished on
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EL PASO, Texas – Back on Jan. 19, President Biden announced that his administration would be giving away 400 million N95 masks for free to U.S. residents. Additionally, President Biden announced that the masks would be coming from the government’s Strategic National Stockpile- which at the time had more than 750 million masks available. These types
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EL PASO, Texas– Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new public health tool that will help provide critical information on Covid-19 trends. The CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, used to detect the Covid-19 virus in sewage, will now start collecting that nationwide data and making it available on their Covid
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EL PASO, Texas – A decline in demand for Covid-19 testing leads to adjusted hours of operations at the city’s mega and rural testing sites. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 9, the hours at the UTEP mega testing, the Nations Tobin Park and Don Haskins Recreation sites will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturdays.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – There were a total of 32 Covid-19 related deaths reported for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Week 5. The deaths spanned four months: 1 in Nov., 1 in Dec., 23 in Jan., 7 in Feb. All 32 patients had underlying conditions. They include: 1 woman in her 30s1 man in
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in schools Monday as some states take steps toward lifting mask mandates in the classroom. The CDC recommends that those who are vaccinated should “wear a mask indoors in public if you are
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN The Democratic governors of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware as well as Oregon’s health department have set timelines for the end of their states’ school mask mandates in a sign of the receding wave of Covid-19 and the country’s move toward a “new normal.” New Jersey Gov. Phil
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s a big milestone in the fight against Covid-19, as kids under the age of five could soon be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted its request for the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize their vaccine for emergency use for children age 6
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Livvy Doherty and Lauren Kent, CNN Denmark has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions within the country, with coronavirus no longer considered a “socially critical sickness,” according to the government. This means that an indoor mask mandate, the use of a “Covid pass” for bars, restaurants and other indoor venues, and the legal obligation
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EL PASO, Texas — While hundreds of El Pasoans continue to test positive for Covid-19, the number of new cases is starting to decline. That could mean that in the coming weeks the Borderland will be past our omicron surge. Local infectious disease specialist, Dr. Ogechika Alozie, said this wave could change how we approach the
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