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Timeline from Nov 17 - 2019 to ?
Nov 17 - 2019
55-year-old individual from Hubei province China identified with corona virus infection
Jan 20 - 2020
First case of corona virus in the USA
March 11
First case of corona virus case in NM
March 11
NM Governor Lujan Grisham declares a statewide public health emergency
Following the announcement
Concerts and events were cancelled.
Consequently
All gatherings of five or more people were suspended.
March 12
Announcement of school closings for all K-12 public schools from 03/16 to 04/06
- Photo Credit: Albuquerque Journal
March 18
Governor Grisham order all restaurants and bars to switch to take out or delivery only.
Photo Credit: Michelle McGeary
Immediate Closings
All non-essential businesses were closed and employees were told to stay home until April 10th.
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March 21 & 22
Corona virus testing in Las Cruces.
March 23
Water, toilet paper, disinfectants, hand sanitizer can not be found. Stores like Walmart sold 6 months worth of groceries in 2 weeks .
NMSU
Most instructions will be online and spring break will be extended through 03/30.
One student tested positive
March 24
The Supreme Court ordered a temporary moratorium on eviction for the inability to pay rent.
Local utility companies allowed for late payments during this period with no shut off notices.
March 26
Over 17,000 New Mexican workers filed for unemployment benefits.
Photo Credit: The Business Journals
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March 27
The governor placed a limit of three items per shopper on medications, baby formula, hygiene products mandate .
All public schools will remain closed for the 2019-20 school year.
President Trump signs stimulus bill, where every taxpayer will received ca. $1,200 and more for families.
March 27
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grishem ordered a ban on elective surgeries/procedures at New Mexico hospitals.
March 28
2nd death of corona virus death in New Mexico (80 year, male, Bernalillo County)
March 29
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, projected millions of American will contract COVID-19 and between 100,000 and 200,00 People could succumb to it.
- Photo Copyright: Brooklyn Reporter
March 29
Mayor Ken Miyagishima shared inaccurate Facebook post that falsely purported to come from John Hopkins University.
March 30
18 cases in Dona Ana County
March 30
Las Cruces / Dona Ana County receive 'C' grades for social distancing on national scoreboard (conducted by Unacast)
March 30
New Mexico's governor warns tribal nations could be 'wiped out' by corona virus.Two more people have died from COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation, bringing the total number of deaths on the reservation to seven as overall cases rose to 214.
March 30
City lawmakers voted unanimously to grant the Mayor expanded powers in the event of an emergency in the corona virus outbreak.
April
In April the first Stimulus checks were mailed out.
April 2
Las Cruces to receive more than $560,000.00 in housing grants from corona virus relief bill.
April 2
Health officials are estimating New Mexico could face between 250,000 and 1.25 million cases of the disease. The low end of that range would be around one-eighth of the state’s residents, while the upper end, a worst-case scenario, would be more than half.SOURCE: The Santa Fe New MexicanApril 3
22 cases confirmed in Dona Ana County
April 3
President Trump suggests to wear masks in public.
April 3
Las Cruces City Council Approves More Than $1 Million For COVID-19 Relief
April 4
The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicted the peak for NM:
Peak of resources: April 24
Peak of daily death: April 22
estimated death by Aug 4th: 525April 6
30 cases total in Dona Ana County
April 7
The city of Wuhan of 11 million people (where the virus first emerged) reopened from a more than 10 week lock-down.
April 7
Message by State of NM.
April 10
Corona Virus Testing Station at Memorial Hospital in Las Cruces closed.
Photo Credit: Natalie Abbott
April 10
Las Cruces received a "C" on the public gathering issue
April 12
First death of a 50-year old male in Dona Ana County.
Total cases: 49
April 12
Easter weekend all parks in Las Cruces were closed
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April 13
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People in the State and nationwide have begun for a call for businesses to re-open, but NM will not become flexible with health orders
April 16
67 cases are confirmed in Dona Ana County.
April 19
The New Mexico Department of health will test essential workers at a drive up screening beginning 8 AM at 1170 Solano Drive.
April 23
New Mexico statistics of tested positive and death ratio cases
April 24
Map of suggested business openings . . .
April 24
"It's too early not to stay the course. The worst is not over!"
Stay-at-home public health order shall last until May 15.April 25
110 cases in Dona Ana County - 1 death
April 24
City council extended Mayor Ken Miyagishima's Las Cruces emergency declaration order.
April 24
More and more residents are in need for food for their family.
April 28
Dona Ana County Commission calls on state to reopen businesses that are deemed nonessential businesses.
April 30
The Mayor of Las Cruces is asking not to visit El Paso. (El Paso is open for business since the state of Texas allowed for partial opening)
April 30
Several plants in the USA are closed because of infected workers, and the supply chain now starts to suffer.
May 1
About 40 protesters demonstrated in front of City Hall the partial closings mandated by the NM Governor, as El Paso loosened the restrictions and opened up partially.
May 1
New State mandates of orders for business openings
May 1
First outbreak in Las Cruces nursing home: Hacienda of Grace Villages. The state did not release any numbers.
May 5
Mountain View Regional Hospital Medical Center to soon resume non-emergency medical procedures
May 6
Las Cruces City Council discusses whether to require face masks
May 6
All essential employees will be required to wear face coverings in the workplace
May 11
Every essential business must operate and require employees to wear face coverings, cloth or surgical or procedural masks are acceptable.
May 11
245 cases / 2 death
May 14
The Burger King on University Avenue was closed for cleaning, after a worker tested positive for COVID-19
May 15 - 6 PM
The Holloman Air Force Base will fly over Las Cruces to honor frontline COVID-19 responders.
May 16
Even though the mask mandate is in effect in for NM on this day. About 40% do not follow the law.
May 18
Drug maker Moderna released promising, early results for a COVID-19 vaccine.
May 19
An employee who works at Discovery Child Development Center located at 3300 Del Rey Blvd. tested positive for COVID-19
May 26
Doña Ana County passes face covering requirement by slim vote.
The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office has the authority to enforce the requirement. A violation of the ordinance could bring with it a fine of up to $300.
Sheriff Kim Stewart said she opposed the ordinance, saying enforcement could worsen relations with residents.
May 26
Dona Ana County Commissioners pass ordinance that all residents wear face mask coverings in public as of today. The Sheriffs Department has the authority to issue citation with a fine up to $300.00
May 29
Restaurants statewide can reopen sit-down dine-in service with 50 percent occupancy per their fire codes starting Monday, June 1st after a soft reopening of outdoor dining services was allowed in most of the state Wednesday.
But in Las Cruces, the mayor's emergency proclamation says they will only be allowed to operate indoor dining services at 25 percent capacity for the next 30 days. The state's rules allow restaurants 50 percent total capacity.
The Las Cruces city council will vote Monday on the mayor’s declaration. If it doesn’t pass, restaurants in the city will be allowed to join the rest of the state and open at 50 percent.
June 5
June 23
2 additional death. Total 8 in Dona Ana County
June 27
853 cases in Dona Ana County
June 27
Since the partial opening cases surged across the USA. Cases increased by 41% compared to a week ago.
June 28
Nearly 21 million people are receiving unemployment benefits, as well as 9.7 million self-employed receiving assistance.
July
1. On July 31-2020 the enhanced benefit of an extra $600.00 per week on top of the usual allowance will end.2. The protection under the CARES Act for renters who were unable to pay rent and protected them from eviction will end July 25 - - and on that landlords can send eviction notices.November
Dona Ana County numbers have been consistently climbing. On Nov 22nd - 2020 had a total of 12,010 cases so far with 161 deaths
The Governor ordered a complete lock-down of nonessential businesses until Dec 6.
Pfizer received emergency approval for their vaccine from the FDA.
December
♦ 12/15, 17K vaccines for front line workers were sent to NM for first round of vaccination
♦ 12/19 Miscalculation by Federal level of doses to the States.
♦ 12/19 Covid-19 strain B.1.1.7 discovered in the UK. It is at least 50% more transmittable
♦ 12/27 Congress passes a bill that will send $600.00 to every American that earns below $75K.
♦ 12/29 Second strain of Covic-19 virus discovered in CO and CA.
January 2021
There have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Biden has pushed for 100 million vaccination shots in the first 100 days of his presidency, but with a long road ahead for vaccinations, he also called for 100 days of mask-wearing.
Second stimulus check was sent.
February 2021
The United States reaches a milestone as more Americans are reported to have received at least 1 dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 than have tested positive for the virus. Administering vaccine shots at a faster rate than any country worldwide, the United States had administered 26.5 million vaccinations, compared with the 26.3 million people that have tested positive nationwide since January 20, 2020.
The Biden administration announces the purchase of 200 more million doses of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, bringing the country’s total purchase at this point to 600 million, or enough to vaccinate 300 million people.
Feb 26 - Just days after the United States hit a grim milestone of half a million lives lost to COVID-19, the Biden administration announced a more positive milestone: 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered within 5 weeks after inauguration day. This had the administration on pace to exceed Biden’s goal of administering 100 million shots within his first 100 days in office.
March 2021
A PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll finds 49% of Republican men say they have no plans to get COVID-19 vaccines, The Hill reports. The survey was conducted among 1227 US adults between March 3 and March 8. In comparison, 87% of Democrats surveyed said they have already received the vaccine or plan to when it becomes available.
Increased production of the 3 approved COVID-19 vaccines by manufacturers is expected to boost the supply of available doses to 700 million by this summer, NBC News reports. At this point, around 39 million people in America (12%) have been fully vaccinated. The Pfizer/BioNTech partnership is expected to produce 120 million doses by the end of March, with 80 million more slated for the end of May.
March 19 - The United States reports it has administered 100 million COVID-19 shots, more than a month before Biden’s target date of his 100th day in office, the Associated Press reports. Currently, the country administers around 2.5 million doses each day.
April 2021
The United States reached a milestone in combating the COVID-19 pandemic as 50% of all US adults have now received at least 1 vaccine dose. Following news of the global coronavirus death toll topping 3 million worldwide, nearly 130 million people 18 and older have received a vaccine dose nationwide, with the US vaccination rate standing at 61.6 doses per 100 people.
May 2021
The FDA is reportedly preparing to authorize the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years following positive trial results in these populations. If granted, the CDC’s advisory panel will likely meet the following day to review clinical trial data and provide recommendations on the vaccine’s use in adolescents.