SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday that New Mexico K-12 public schools will close for three weeks, effective Monday, March 16, to mitigate the risk of community spread of COVID-19. The order closing all public pre-schools and K-12 schools will be...
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Office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Michael Coleman, Communications Director, Michael.Coleman@exec.nm.gov
Leah March, Communications Advisor, Leah.March@exec.nm.gov
New Mexico announces four more positive COVID-19 cases
Additional test results returned this morning SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday morning announced four more New Mexico residents who tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, adding to the six presumptive positive tests earlier this week. Per the...
Insurance superintendent guarantees free COVID-19 testing and treatment for New Mexicans
SANTA FE – In response to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s March 11 declaration of a public health emergency, Superintendent of Insurance Russell Toal has issued an emergency rule prohibiting health insurers from imposing cost sharing, including copays, coinsurance...
New Mexico schools to temporarily close
Governor, education & health officials to address the public Friday morning SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico Public Education Department and the New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday announced that New Mexico K-12 public schools will...
New Mexico announces sixth presumptive positive COVID-19 case
Additional test results returned this afternoon;Department of Health actively investigating all presumptive positives SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials on Thursday afternoon announced a sixth New Mexico resident tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, adding to...
New Mexico announces expanded testing for COVID-19
TriCore Reference Laboratories now testing SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced today that TriCore Reference Laboratories (TriCore) is now performing a molecular diagnostic test of respiratory specimens for COVID-19 virus. The Department of Health’s...
New Mexico announces fifth presumptive positive COVID-19 case
Department of Health actively investigating all presumptive positives SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials on Thursday announced a fifth New Mexico resident tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, adding to the four presumptive positive tests Wednesday. Per the...
Health secretary issues public health order suspending mass gatherings in New Mexico
Latest COVID-19 precaution limits large groups SANTA FE – New Mexico Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel issued an order Thursday temporarily prohibiting mass gatherings in New Mexico in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health order defines mass gatherings as...
New Mexico announces another positive COVID-19 case
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday evening announced a fourth New Mexico resident tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, adding to the three presumptive positive tests from earlier in the day. Per the state Department of Health, the most...
Gov. Lujan Grisham signs $7.6 billion state operating budget
HB2 includes innovative investments, historic reserves SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday signed the $7.6 billion New Mexico state budget, providing essential new investments in cradle-to-career education, the economy and infrastructure and protecting...