EL PASO, Texas — It was last Wednesday when the city of El Paso received their Covid-19 vaccine for the at-risk populations. The next day, the vaccines were already being administered. According to the Texas Health and Human Services Department, El Paso received 22,075 vaccines. The city said, as of Monday, 10,064 had been administered.
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UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House has voted to increase Covid-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain. Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional assistance. They had settled for smaller $600 payments in a
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is seeing its daily Covid-19 case totals decline, but health officials have been worried about whether the Christmas holiday could lead to another spike as it takes two to three weeks for infections to manifest. On Monday, the state reported an additional 700 confirmed cases, including 50 in
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EL PASO, Texas — Incoming El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser has now lost a second family member to Covid-19. Word of his older brother’s death comes just weeks after Leeser’s mother had died, also as a result of Covid-19. In a social media post, the mayor-elect said his brother George died on Christmas eve following
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — At 81-years-old, Henrietta Devins was first in line on Monday to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the Village at Northrise – Morningside nursing home in Las Cruces. “I have nothing to lose,” the grandmother said. “My time, obviously, is limited.” On Sunday, the state of New Mexico began the process
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 1,400 Monday morning, marking a grim milestone nearly 10 months since the pandemic began. The local health department reported 28 new virus-related deaths. Health officials said the deaths occurred during a five month span. The victims were identified as: 1 female in her
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Department of Health reported 747 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 30 additional deaths Sunday. Seven of the latest deaths occurred in southern New Mexico’s Dona Ana and Luna counties, with most involving people who were residents at nursing homes or other long-term care facilities. Those fatalities included: A woman
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EL PASO, Texas — Susan Eisen of Susan Eisen’s Fine Jewelry and Watches did not waste time when she and her partner contracted Covid-19. Eisen’s son, Elliot, jumped into gear and began to research. He came across an experimental therapy being offered at the Infusion Center which is located at the El Paso Convention Center.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico on Sunday began providing Covid-19 vaccinations to 15,000 people who work or live at long-term care facilities, with a a pair of Las Cruces facilities among the first to receive shots, state officials announced. The CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains began administering doses of the Moderna vaccine at nursing homes
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s death toll from Covid-19 neared 1,400 on Sunday as health officials reported five added deaths just a day after reporting none for the first time in months. A woman in her 40s was the youngest of the latest victims reported. The others included two men in their 70s, a
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — State officials on Saturday reported an additional 609 known Covid-19 cases and nine additional deaths, increasing the state’s reported totals to 137,226 cases and 2,316 deaths. The counties with the most additional cases were Bernalillo with 125, San Juan with 78, Dona Ana with 74 and Eddy with 49. Doña
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The United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation’s first reported infection in late January. Census Bureau estimates for the last week of December place the US population at around 330,750,000. On Saturday afternoon, the national death toll from Covid-19 reached 331,116, according to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 331 new coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, but for the first time in months there were no additional virus deaths announced. The cumulative pandemic death count remained at 1,392, with 108 of those fatalities reported over the past week. There remains over 500 deaths still under
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — On Friday, New Mexico health officials reported 1,465 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing the pandemic total to 136,622. Also, 36 virus-related deaths were reported, bringing the fatality total to 2,307. Two of the deaths reported on Christmas day occurred in southern New Mexico. They involved a woman in her
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make Covid-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots. “Vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable and needy,” who should be first
Continue Reading Passengers arriving in the United States from the United Kingdom must test negative for Covid-19 before departure, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday. Passengers will be required to have a negative PCR or antigen test within 72 hours of boarding their flight from the UK to the US. Passengers are
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 21 deaths stemming from the coronavirus on Christmas morning. The latest victims included: 5 men in their 50s1 woman in her 50s2 men in their 60s2 women in their 60s5 women in their 70s1 man in his 80s2 women in their 80s3 men in their 90s
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday made another plea for people to be safe this holiday season. She said in a tweet Thursday afternoon that her thoughts were with every New Mexican grieving the loss of a loved one. “Even as we celebrate the holidays, we must continue to protect
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – On the heels of word from local health officials that they planned to soon begin vaccinating “at-risk populations” for Covid-19, the City of El Paso on Thursday rolled out a registration process as it simultaneously announced the arrival of 2,400 Moderna vaccine doses. The Texas Department of State Health Services late Wednesday
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — Roberto and Mary Alice Mata, married for nearly 50 years, share smiles and hold onto each other’s hands inside their home. A Christmas tree is decorated with the names of family members, and photos of children and grandchildren cover an entire wall, with crosses scattered throughout. The Matas fill their home
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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. Here’s the Q&A for Dec.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 — up from the $600 level passed earlier this week — bringing lawmakers back to square one as they search for a way to appease President
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s health department reported 13 new coronavirus-related deaths and 319 new cases Thursday morning. It brings the death toll to 1,371 on Christmas Eve in El Paso County. There are also 581 suspected Covid-19 deaths currently under investigation by local health officials. The latest deaths included: 1 man in
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center’s West Clinic became the first El Paso facility to administer Covid-19 vaccinations to high-risk members of the general public on Wednesday. The clinic provided vaccinations for those ages 75 and older for several hours in an event that wasn’t widely publicized. The El Paso Department of Public Health
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s Christmastime curfew order aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus was set to take effect Wednesday evening. That curfew will run nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Dec. 26. The curfew will take effect again for the New Year’s holiday period from
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — State health officials on Wednesday reported that total confirmed Covid-19 cases in New Mexico since the pandemic began have now topped 133,240. There were 1,174 additional infections reported statewide Wednesday, including 133 in Doña Ana County to take the county’s total case count to 16,507. The statewide death toll stands at
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — It’s official, at least according to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Santa Claus and his reindeer are immune to Covid-19 and can safely visit homes all across the state. Grisham’s office on Wednesday announced that she’d issued a proclamation assuring New Mexico children that health experts had determined that the coronavirus poses
Continue Reading The Trump administration will purchase an additional 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. Pfizer will deliver at least 70 million doses by June 30, and the rest will be delivered no later than July 31, according to a news release. With this agreement,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s health department reported 35 new coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday morning. The latest deceased include: 2 men in their 40s6 men in their 50s1 woman in her 50s6 men in their 60s4 women in their 60s2 men in their 70s2 women in their 70s6 men in their 80s5 women in their
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WASHINGTON, DC — In a stunning announcement Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump is now saying that he won’t sign the Covid-19 relief bill negotiated in the U.S. Senate and House for months. He had been expected to sign the bipartisan deal this week. The president asked that the bill be reworked in order to give each American a $2,000
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