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SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham led a briefing on the state’s reaction to COVID-19 on Thursday afternoon, at a time when the new coronavirus is causing an outbreak in all parts of the state, breaking records and expanding tension in the state. . network of hospitals.
On Wednesday, the state’s Department of Health announced expanded testing with 12 new COVID-19 test sites in southern New Mexico, adding 3 in Doa Ana County, the access point south of neighboring El Paso, Texas.
The New Mexico Department of Environment announced Wednesday that 3 New Mexico corporations were ordered to close for 14 days under new public aptitude orders requiring corporations to require at least 4 quick responses within two weeks to temporarily suspend their operations.
Chaparral Materials in Santa Fe, Deming Manufactured Homes, any of which had five responses in 14 days, and Stampede Meat in Sunland Park (with 11 responses) were ordered to close for two weeks.
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3:05 p. m. La Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham begins with a popularity of wonderful interest in tracking election results, but also notes that the state “doesn’t go in the right direction” as COVID-19 spreads across the state.
3:09 p. m. This is a record day of COVID-19 deaths, as the State Department of Health announces 23 new deaths, leading to 1,082 deaths.
There are 862 new instances known today, for a total of 51,110 instances as of March 11, when the first instances were announced. We’re at a positivity rate of 7. 6%.
“This is an uncontrollable spread, ” said the governor.
There are another 400 people hospitalized in the state and 59 on ventilators.
The state processed 11,395 tests in a day without getting married, out of a total of 1,230,205.
“We are in a very critical scenario today,” the governor says, warning against fitting daily reports insensitive to human truth.
State hospitalizations increased between 95% and two weeks ago and 260% last month. With 82 percent of general beds occupied and 75 percent of extended care beds occupied, pressure on hospitals is increasing. “We’re already working out of the beds,” he says. And even beyond capacity, the state also faces a shortage of staff-compatible medical services.
The deaths of 79 other people during the week are an increase of 108% compared to last week and 230% in two weeks.
3:15 p. m. ” We will not be allowed to go down this path,” Lujan Grisham said, adding that citizens have not taken precautions to curb community expansion.
She emphasizes the importance of citizens not spending time with others outdoors in their homes, dressed in a mask in public and in a status at least six feet away from others.
3:22 p. m. Dr. John Marinaro of the UNM Adult Intensive Care Center and Denise Gonzales of Presbyterian Health Services will sign up for today’s conference, which will talk about hospitals.
Human Services Secretary of State David Scrase said knowledge modeling indicates that there are an estimated 3. 2 additional instances for known cases, an alarming leap. At the current rate, modeling suggests that in the next two weeks, it could be daily case reports from 791 to 1760 new positives.
The increase in the number of instances has set new records in each and every age group, Scrase says.
3:25 p. m. The target is set for the state to record at least thirteen deaths consistent with the day over the next two weeks. Scrase also presented knowledge of the underlying situations related to COVID-19 deaths.
Mobility knowledge (based on mobile phone metacognition) means that day-to-day life remains high, with the exception of last week’s winter storms, which subsided for a few days.
And now, let’s upgrade the hospital so that a state near the back of the country has hospital beds good enough for its population.
“We’re going to have a deficit,” Scrase says.
3:33 p. m. All state components lack medical and hospital beds, Scrase said.
There were 4359 other people hospitalized for COVID-19 on Monday.
The occupancy rate of 82% is expected to be around 10% higher, Scrase says, taking into account scarcity, which amplifies the extent of the danger to New Mexico’s hospital capacity.
“We hope to run out of beds in general hospitals in a few days, it’s weeks,” Scrase says.
3:38 p. m. Cases among hospitals are also expanding, increasing pressure. Hospitals are said to already be in full emergency mode.
Marinaro says emergency operations centers that have been open since the start of the pandemic in March are plans for the influenza pandemic as a style for managing staff volumes in reaction to outbreaks.
Several UNM Hospital spaces in Albuquerque have been changed to COVID-19 remedy spaces, with a committee committed to the control of non-public protective equipment.
3:43 p. m. Marinaro broadcasts a testimonial video from an intensive care nurse who talks about the history of fitness care workers in the face of expanding instances and, with them, hospitalizations of highly ill and highly contagious patients.
3:52 p. m. On several occasions, giant COVID-19 families combined because they attended a social gathering, Marinaro says, and many times, “We know that one of them is going to die. “
He urges the use of masks and says that social estating masks are more effective as a preventative than existing masks for treating a COVID-19 case.
Gonzales, presbyterian medical director and intensive care and lung care physician, offers his own presentation on the effect of hospital overloads.
She says peer-reviewed published trials are based on existing wisdom on healing approaches and non-urgent elective procedures that can be performed safely.
Most hospital rooms were not built to accommodate airborne diseases, he said, and first, hospitals built containment sets for COVID-19 patients, where it is difficult to paint (staff use a full PPE all day). reduced, she says.
Gonzales says he has treated more patients with telemedicine and that the additional contract has reduced some strain on array by cutting off some “too long” shifts.
It also reiterates public aptitude tips, in English and Spanish, to wear a mask, practice common and complete hand washing and a physical distance.
16:02 Scrase presents other measures, such as the arrival in November of at least 400 cell nurses, state-of-the-art remedies regimens with the antiviral Remdesivir, extended home care, recruitment of retired or inactive fitness workers, etc.
Nurses recruited in Canada since April supply in New Mexico. There are also outreach activities with New Mexico Reserve Corps volunteers. The state also requests personnel resources through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
On average, the state operates more than 10,000 s per day, Scrase says, and there are contracts with third-party vendors to at least double that figure. Saliva kits are now in use, with online mail services.
Scrase says citizens now know what it takes to restrict the spread of the community, but “we don’t seem to be able to do it. “
Lujan Grisham says decisions from science and knowledge model consultants on additional steps to handle the fitness emergency
4:08 p. m. ” It’s vital for new Mexicans to know that November (is) over,” the governor said.
Lujan Grisham says the road is prepared for more deaths and more tension for medical staff, and that his administration will have to make decisions about preserving capacity for non-COVID fitness needs, presenting mothers running and cancer patients as examples.
He also says that some have discovered gaps in public aptitude orders that lead to harmful congregations of people, and that stricter en application is being applied.
4:15 p. m. New or amended public aptitude orders may be announced early next week, the governor said.
The use of places designated as essential for organizing events was one of the aforementioned deficiencies that the state examines to discern whether there is confusion about public aptitude orders or a planned violation of the rules.
4:22 p. m. Lujan Grisham is about the application of public aptitude orders.
Decisions on the next steps related to public aptitude rules and their application will be made on the basis of knowledge, and no resolution will be announced, as it takes a few more days of knowledge to model.
He points out that he should avoid long-term stay orders in the house, but still, as a state and nationally, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will have to slow down as a public protection issue.
“I am disappointed with law enforcement,” she says, first because it is obligatory; cites reports from establishments that hosted Halloween events last weekend. It congratulates local agencies and governments that have informed communities and encourage compliance.
She says she will continue to demand the law on public aptitude orders with more vigilance.
4:26 p. m. Lujan Grisham calls President Donald Trump’s crusade “outrageous” efforts to interfere with voting in several states, at the request of journalists. It notes that some of these requests have been rejected in court.
“Every vote will have to be counted,” he says, praising New Mexico’s electoral control and the volunteers who conducted it.
She says she has not been in contact with Biden’s team since the election (Lujan Grisham thought she was a vice presidential candidate before this year, and there is a hypothesis that she will occupy a cabinet position if Biden is elected).
4:33 p. m. Se asks the governor what references to the “Italy scenario” mean regarding the New Mexico forecast, and on more main points about the Gibson Medical Center’s conversion plans in Albuquerque to cope with the increase.
Lujan Grisham says he doesn’t need to be unnecessarily frightened, but that New Mexico is already in a two-week “miserable” era and that the worst can happen in December unchanged.
“In ItalyArray . . . the exponential accumulation was so dramatic and so rapid” that hospitals were affected by more patients, sicker patients, longer lines, lack of resources, all resulting in a much higher number of deaths and tougher social and economic impacts. He also talks about what happened earlier this year in Spain, as well as in New York.
Scrase says the immediate accumulation of cases in Italy in March caused an “avalanche” of patients and too many people in the hospital, filling car parks and makeshift spaces, resulting in a much higher mortality rate due to the inability to manage the car and carcasses of the deceased.
There are still not many main points about Gibson’s possible uses.
4:37 p. m. Gonzales talks about developing crisis plans and says it includes rules on how to ration care in the event of a stampede of patients seeking services. She says this is a realistic short-term situation given existing trends.
Marinaro confirms this option and urges the public to comply with public fitness rules (masks, remoteness, hand washing, avoidance of outdoor household equipment).
16:55 Scrase’s attributes continued to extend to widespread occasions (such as occasional political meetings or demonstrations), but to more common and common occasional meetings, such as weddings and other social gatherings.
Going back to the “normal” routines of the past is a procedure that will increase beyond the time a vaccine is available, the governor said.
Meanwhile, New Mexico is seeking emergency approvals and compassionate use to make Regeneron’s COVID-19 “cocktail” antibody treatment, which is still under review, available to some new Mexican qualifying patients.
5:06 p. m. González says the regeneron remedy may induce other responses in other patients, such as convalescent plasma therapy. She warns that the remedy is not a “miracle solution” for COVID-19.
Marinaro adds: “Whatever medicine we’re talking about, wear a mask. Don’t get the disease. “
“They are all beyond their capabilities, ” said the governor. “It’s sustainable . . . People are beyond their bandwidth. “
The governor concludes the convention shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon and warns: “We have an uncontrollable spread . . . Our panel can’t help you with the pain that comes. “
She says new Mexicans may be waiting for stricter regulations and suggests that new Mexicans are already enduing what they are doing.
“You can stay home,” he says, which means avoiding social gatherings and restricting even essential outdoor activities.
In her last words, she adds, “We are in a dramatic spiral and I feel compelled to say that I am sorry for the new Mexicans who are affected right now and who are fighting for their lives right now, and for the physical care staff. “who are exhausted. I am sorry. It’s possible that this country just did, but we didn’t. “
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