LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – At least 4,000 of the state’s 108,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Doña Ana County, according to the Office of Emergency Management. “The goal is to get to where we’re vaccinating 1,000 people each day,” said Stephen Lopez, the interim OEM director. The 4,000 vaccines administered so far
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — Getting 100 million shots in Americans’ arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, President-elect Joe Biden declared Friday. Lasting impact, he said, will come from uniting the nation in a new effort grounded in science and fueled by billions in federal money for vaccination, testing
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center said Friday it had just received 5,000 new doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine that it planned to distribute soon at a new mega-site being set up at the El Paso County Coliseum. “We received 5,000 doses, they have arrived. We will again be opening registration,” said UMC
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 15 new coronavirus-related deaths and 390 new cases Friday morning. All 15 patients had underlying health conditions and included: 2 men in their 40s2 men in their 50s1 woman in her 50s2 men in their 60s2 women in their 60s2 men in
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EL PASO, Texas — The requirements for being in group 1B of the vaccination process is to be 65 years or older, or to have a chronic medical issue. Many El Pasoans have brought concerns to ABC-7 that the city health department isn’t checking on the latter. Turns out — you’re right. The City of
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to speed vaccines, revive the economy and reopen schools. He formally introduced the proposal, dubbed the “American Rescue Plan,” on Thursday evening from Delaware. RELATED STORY: Biden puts $2,000 stimulus payments back in play: Here’s a look at what you might get Biden
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced Thursday it had received 5,000 additional Covid-19 vaccines after exhausting its previous 5,000 doses at a mega-site distribution earlier this week. Word of the receipt of the added vaccines came as County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Mayor Oscar Leeser held a news conference
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has become the first in the nation to distribute more than 1 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday as the state ramps up mass vaccination efforts while hospitals grapple with record numbers of patients. Texas, the nation’s second-most populous state with nearly 30 million people, has
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials on Thursday applauded the success of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, saying more than 100,000 shots had been administered, but they also warned that cases are still going up. As part of the vaccine effort, the state announced a new website offering data on
Continue Reading WILMINGTON, Delaware — A $2,000 stimulus check will be at the heart of a $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan that President-elect Joe Biden is set to unveil Thursday evening. An economic package passed by Congress in December provided for fresh $600 stimulus payments despite calls from politicians on both sides of the aisle for bigger
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is revamping its weekly check-in segment with a doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Every week, anchor Mauricio Casillas will speak to Dr. Edward Michelson. Dr. Michelson is the chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Here’s the
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AUSTIN, Texas — As Texas shifts its focus to large community vaccination efforts, some frontline health care workers remain unprotected. About 10% of the rural hospitals in Texas have yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose, according to a group representing rural hospitals in the state. Of the 16 hospitals which have not been
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 19 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning. The latest deaths included 1 man and 2 women in their 40s, 3 men and 1 woman in their 50s, 4 men and 1 woman in their 60s, 4 men and 1 woman in their 70s,
Continue Reading WUHAN, China (AP) — A global team of researchers has arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. The 10-member team sent to Wuhan by the World Health Organization was approved by President Xi Jinping’s government
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in New Mexico approached 160,000 on Wednesday, with more than 2,800 deaths statewide linked to the virus. Southern New Mexico counties accounted for three of the state’s 13 added deaths reported Wednesday. Those included: A woman in her 50s from Doña Ana County
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The City of El Paso revealed Wednesday evening that it had now administered all 5,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses it received from the state of Texas just days ago to launch a new mega-site. That site near the El Paso International Airport has seen long wait times since it began operations on Sunday.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — A more highly contagious variant of Covid-19 has been detected in New Mexico, state officials confirmed Wednesday. The New Mexico Health Department said the first known case of the variant in the state involves a man in his 60s who traveled to the United Kingdom in December. His illness was described as
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A wastewater monitoring program launched last month has helped to prevent a Covid-19 outbreak at a juvenile justice facility in southern New Mexico, according to state officials. The New Mexico Environment Department said the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken from the state-run facility in Las Cruces in late December. After
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some United States health officials have voiced concern that some monoclonal antibody treatments are going unused nationwide. However, local health officials say it’s not a problem in El Paso. As of early January, health officials reported that more than 550 patients in the county had received a monoclonal antibody treatment.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department reported six new coronavirus-related deaths and 564 new cases Wednesday morning. All six of those victims had underlying health conditions and include: 1 man in his 40s1 man in his 50s1 woman in her 60s1 man in his 60s1 man in his 70s1 woman in
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EL PASO, Texas — Since being chosen as a vaccine mega-site by the state late last week, University Medical Center received 5,000 vaccines and nearly 2,000 had been administered by Tuesday. UMC began administering the vaccines on Monday, and although UMC spokesperson Ryan Mielke said the effort has been successful, a 78-year-old El Pasoan emailed
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Confirmed Covid-19 cases in New Mexico approached 158,000 as an additional 893 cases were reported Tuesday by state health officials. That included 105 new cases in Doña Ana County, which saw its pandemic total reach 19,100. State health officials also reported another 30 deaths, bringing the statewide tally to nearly
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month — effectively adopting the approach proposed by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. The Trump administration plans to release reserved second
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Health Department reported four new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The latest victims included: 1 man in his 40s1 woman in her 60s1 man in his 70s1 man in his 80s El Paso County’s pandemic death toll has now increased to 1,524. There were still 568 deaths listed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of State Health Services created a new interactive map which lets users see how many vaccines have been distributed across the state. You can check out the map yourself by clicking here. The blue dots on the map show which locations have vaccines available. The red dots
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso was picked by the state of Texas to be a mega-vaccination hub and the community’s emergency management coordinator is calling the initial launch “successful.” El Paso Assistant Fire Chief Jorge Rodriguez, who also serves of the coordinator of city-county emergency management operations, updated El Paso County Commissioners on the
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Monday reported 933 new Covid-19 cases and 15 more deaths. The latest numbers increased the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 157,087 cases and 2,764 deaths. There were no new deaths occurring in Doña Ana County, which did have 102 new cases on Monday for a
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After a rocky start, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday promised to ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations across Texas. Twenty-eight coronavirus vaccination hubs will receive most of the state’s next shipment of Covid-19 vaccines this week, with 158,825 doses shipping to providers able to manage large-scale efforts as more doses arrive in the state.
Continue Reading Joe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect’s incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines. Biden was administered the shot in his left arm by Ric Cuming, chief nurse executive at ChristianaCare’s Christiana Hospital in
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Police Department detective died from Covid-19 on Monday morning, making him EPPD’s first casualty of the coronavirus. Police officials announced the death of 67-year-old Det. Camerino Santiago in a brief statement to the media. In a separate post to social media, city council member and retired police officer
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