SANTA FE: Colorado, Oregon and Rhode Island have been added to what New Mexico considers “high risk. “
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order requires travelers from high-risk states to be quarantined for 14 days or as long as they remain in the state, depending on the shortest period.
As of September 23, the high-risk states were:
Michigan and Hawaii have high risk at low risk, depending on the positivity and verification rates of those states.
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The state amends the list every Wednesday and can be accessed on cv. nmhealth. org or on the New Mexico Department of Tourism’s website.
Here are some rules provided through the state:
High-risk states: People who have arrived in New Mexico from states with a positivity rate of 5% or more in a 7-day moving average, or a positive verification rate of more than 80 consisting of 1 million people, must physically separate others in an apartment or accommodation position for at least 14 days from the date of their access to New Mexico or the duration of their presence in the state.
Low-risk states: People arriving from states with a positivity rate of five% or less on a 7-day moving average, or a positive verification rate of less than 80 consistent with 1 million inhabitants, are not required to quarantine. -Quarantine is advised for others arriving from those states, and others are asked to arrive from those low-risk states for a COVID-19 screening test within five to seven days of arrival in the state.
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Individuals who can submit documentation of a valid COVID-19 negative check approved within 72 hours before or after entering New Mexico are exempt from the 14-day quarantine requirement, regardless of the condition in which they traveled. This exemption does not apply to people who enter New Mexico after traveling outside the United States.
People who are quarantined upon arrival in the state from a high-risk state may leave the property where they are quarantined for medical purposes only.
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People in self-quarantine do not allow other people to enter the apartment or accommodation in which they are quarantined, with the exception of those who provide medical care, emergency interventions or other people designated through the Ministry of Health. Relatives or family members would possibly stopover on a quarantined person, however those climbers will have to quarantine for a period of at least 14 days.
Non-compliant Americans are subject to involuntary quarantine through the New Mexico Department of Health’s Public Health Emergency Response Act.