WASHINGTON, DC — The chief scientific adviser for the Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine program said he did not know anything about an executive order on vaccines that President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday. Moncef Slaoui, the adviser to the vaccine initiative, dubbed “Operation Warp Speed,” said in an interview with ABC News that he was “staying
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LONDON, England — New results on a possible Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford University and drug-maker AstraZeneca suggest it is safe and about 70% effective. Some experts say that shows it is likely to win approval. But questions remain about how well it may help protect those over 55. That’s a key concern for a vaccine
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WASHINGTON, DC — Documents released by U.S. regulators Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine was strongly protective against Covid-19 — offering the world’s first detailed look at the evidence behind the shots. The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis online even as across the Atlantic, Britain on Tuesday began vaccinating its oldest
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 38 new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning, marking the highest single-day increase for El Paso County. The death toll now stands at 1,057. The latest virus victims were identified as: 2 men in their 40s2 men in their 50s7 men in their 60s6
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LONDON, England — U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. The first shot came at one of a network of hospital hubs around the country where the initial
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump administration declined additional doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine late this past summer when the pharmaceutical company offered them to the U.S. government, a senior Trump administration official familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. Pfizer may be unable to produce more of the vaccine for United States citizens
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — State health departments and governors’ offices across the country are finally being told by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Operation Warp Speed how many doses of the coronavirus vaccine they will initially be receiving once the vaccine is authorized, and it’s not enough. With the Pfizer vaccine emergency
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico reported an additional 1,872 additional known Covid-19 cases and 17 more deaths on Monday. Among the latest deaths was just one in southern New Mexico, a woman in her 70s from Luna County who died while hospitalized. It was the first time since October that adjacent Dona Ana
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s hospital officials continue to urge the public to cancel social visits, wash hands and wear masks to reduce Covid-19 hospitalizations. They say the expected delivery of 17,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine won’t be a silver bullet for an overstretched workforce of doctors, nurses, techs and other hospital staff.
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — The New Mexico Human Services Department has been appropriated $5 million by the state Legislature to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income state residents who didn’t get a federal Covid-19 tax relief economic impact payment. The Human Services Department has partnered with the Taxation and Revenue Department to disburse the funds to New
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EL PASO, Texas — Lillian Blancas, an El Paso attorney who is in a runoff for a municipal judgeship, died Monday while hospitalized with Covid-19. She was 47. The El Paso Bar Association announced her death in an email. Blancas finished first in a three-way race Nov. 3 for the Municipal Court 4 bench, winning
Continue Reading El Paso, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 9 more coronavirus-related deaths Monday morning, elevating the death toll to 1,019. Health officials say all eleven deaths happened in October. As ABC-7 has previously reported epidemiological investigations to certify the cause of death can take weeks. There are 625 deaths currently under
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EL PASO, Texas — Esther Massingill and Danny Massingill were married for 43 years. According to their nephew, Carlos Rodriguez, both died from Covid-19 less than one week apart. Esther was admitted to a local hospital the day before Thanksgiving. She died Nov. 30. Rodriguez said she would have been 65-years-old in January. She’s one
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 1,250 new Covid-19 cases with eight additional deaths. Among the latest dead were three victims from southern New Mexico, all in their 70s. There was one confirmed Covid death each in Dona Ana, Luna and Otero counties. The latest numbers pushed the
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County officially topped the grim milestone of over 1,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday morning. Health officials confirmed 11 added fatalities from the virus to take the official pandemic death toll to 1,010. El Paso’s actual death count from Covid-19 is thought to be much higher as 612 suspected
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico on Saturday reported 1,925 additional known Covid-19 cases and 32 more deaths, increasing the statewide totals since the pandemic’s start to 106,856 known cases and 1,738 deaths. The number of current Covid-19-related hospitalizations dropped to 925 from 934, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard. Most of the additional deaths across
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FORT BLISS, Texas – Fort Bliss has extended its public health emergency order by another 30 days. Fort Bliss issued its last public health order on Nov. 6 in response to rising Covid-19 cases in El Paso and surrounding communities. Existing restrictions and health protection measures will remain in place, Brig. Gen. Sean Bernabe announced.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — With 16 confirmed coronavirus deaths added to the fatality list on Saturday morning, El Paso County’s pandemic death toll reached 999 – just one shy of the grim 1,000 mark. In all, there were 76 deaths reported for the week ending Saturday. The youngest victims among the latest Covid-19 deceased in
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico is dealing with a surge in coronavirus-related deaths, having marked a new record Thursday for the number of deaths reported in a single day at 44. Another 33 deaths were reported Friday, bringing the state’s fatality tally to more than 1,700. Four of Friday’s deaths were in Doña
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WASHINGTON, DC — More than 1,000 migrant children in US government custody have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to the federal agency charged with their care. In total, there have been 1,061 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases among unaccompanied migrant children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a federal agency run by
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 15 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday, elevating the death toll to 983. At the current rate, El Paso will surpass the grim 1,000 death mark during the weekend. Almost half of the death toll has come since the beginning of November. The latest
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico’s president says he plans to give the military a role in distributing coronavirus vaccines, which he says U.S. President Donald Trump helped him get after a meeting in Washington in July. Mexico has registered 1.1 million confirmed cases and 107,500 confirmed deaths, the fourth-highest death toll in the world. However,
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and County Judge Ricardo Samniego expressed cautious optimism amid declining virus cases and hospitalizations during a Thursday afternoon briefing at City Hall on the Covid-19 situation locally. However, the two men along with health officials cautioned that we won’t know the potential impact of Thanksgiving gatherings
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden told CNN on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden’s approach to the virus will be dramatically different to President Donald Trump’s response. “Just 100 days to mask, not forever. 100 days.
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico officials announced a record 44 virus-related daily deaths on Thursday, breaking the previous record of 40 that was set just a day earlier. In Doña Ana County, it was the second deadliest day of the pandemic, with eight new deaths reported. That’s just one less than the record
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 27 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday. It was the county’s third deadliest day of the pandemic and brings the death toll to 968 in El Paso County. The latest fatalities include 16 women and 11 men ranging in age from their 40’s to
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas could receive coronavirus vaccine doses to immunize up to 700,000 Texans in December, assuming U.S. health officials approve coronavirus vaccine candidates from drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday afternoon. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has promised to send Texas as many as 1.4 million doses
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As the United States inches closer to authorizing a Covid-19 vaccine many people may now let themselves start wondering what it will feel like to get it. Is it going to be like the flu vaccine? Will it be more painful? And what about side-effects? The two front-runners for getting an emergency use authorization from
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The total number of coronavirus deaths reported in a day set a new record Wednesday and hospitalizations also reached an all-time high, and doctors and nurses across the US are trying to find creative ways to handle the surging number of patients. The numbers are grim. More than 100,200 patients were in US hospitals Wednesday,
Continue Reading SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico marked more grim milestones Wednesday with confirmed Covid-19 infections surpassing the 100,000 mark and the daily death toll reaching a new high of 40 as some public health restrictions were eased following a two-week lockdown. Health officials reported an additional 1,549 confirmed cases for the day, bringing the statewide total
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