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New Mexico Allows More People In Businesses In Cold Weather –
Associated Press
New Mexico officials are amending the state s public health order on the coronavirus to allow more people inside grocery stores and other essential businesses.
The governor s office made the announcement Wednesday, citing the recent frigid temperatures as a reason for the slight increase in capacity levels.
Waiting lines have been forming outside grocery stores and other retailers since Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered capacity to be limited at establishments around the state as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19.
She has said the tough measures have helped to reduce new infections. However, deaths and hospitalizations related to the pandemic remain high.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) President-Elect Joe Biden will nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as his Interior Secretary, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Haaland, a Democratic congresswoman from New Mexico since 2019, would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary and the first to oversee the department, whose jurisdiction includes tribal lands.
Reuters reported Tuesday that Haaland was the leading candidate for the job, which would give her authority over a department that employs more than 70,000 people across the United States and oversees more than 20% of the nation s surface, including tribal lands and national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite.
Arizona COVID-19 updates: Makeshift morgue set up at Banner hospital in central Phoenix Arizona Republic
A nurse in New York City was among the first people in the United States to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning. Shipments were arriving across the country, with the first boxes arriving in Arizona.
Pima County Health Department director tests positive for COVID-19
Arizona reports 4,848 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths
Governor expected to tour Phoenix vaccine site
White Mountain Apache Tribe chairwoman among first to receive vaccine
FDA authorizes nation s first at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 test
CVS will play key role in COVID-19 vaccine rollout