The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines have already arrived in New Mexico.
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe received its first shipment of the first COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
Christus St. Vincent was one of 145 hospitals in the country to receive the vaccine Monday, according to the hospital’s Facebook page. The hospital began inoculating its hospital workers the same day.
Trucks rolled out early Tuesday morning from a state Department of Health warehouse carrying 7,800 doses to smaller, rural hospitals around the state, according to DOH.
Lovelace Chief Medical Officer Dr. Vesta Sandoval said Lovelace Hospital would receive the vaccine Tuesday and would start inoculating front line health care workers Wednesday morning.
Lucky. Blessed. Fortunate.
Those were words used by medical staff at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center on Monday after they were the first people in New Mexico to receive Pfizerâs long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine.
The five staff members were greeted with a round of applause from fellow health care professionals following inoculations in a conference room at the hospital.
A total of 112 Christus St. Vincent staff members received the first shot of the two-part vaccine by the end of the day as the state launched what is expected to be a months-long campaign to provide vaccines to residents across New Mexico.
Albuquerque Man Charged For Shooting FBI Agent
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Derick Garcia, 32, of Albuquerque, has been charged in a criminal complaint with assault on a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
Garcia is scheduled for an initial appearance at 9:28 a.m. today in federal court.
According to a criminal complaint, at 7:20 a.m. Dec. 11, Garcia allegedly shot a special agent of the FBI as the agent was in the process of executing a search warrant on the premises.
The agent was wearing a marked vest identifying him as an FBI agent, and agents had knocked, identified themselves as FBI, and announced that they had a warrant. The injured agent was transported to the University of New Mexico Hospital for care.
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