New Mexico Emergency Public Health Order Amends Capacity Requirements For Essential Retail Spaces From the Office of the Governor News: SANTA FE – The New Mexico state emergency public health order was amended today to accommodate slightly increased capacity inside essential retail spaces, such as grocery stores and certain other large big box retailers that generate a percentage of their revenue from consumable food and drink products, as cold weather grips most of New Mexico. In accordance with the state’s graduated red-to-green system of measuring the risk of viral spread in specific counties, the changes establish that essential retail spaces: