SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday that it is implementing revised federal guidance surrounding isolation and quarantine for COVID-19, effective on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Background On Dec. 27, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reduced its recommended COVID guidelines for isolation (when you are sick or infected with COVID) and quarantine (following exposure) …

News-Sun Staff Report The COVID-19 variant of 0micron has arrived in Lea County, hospital leaders said on Monday. With that, they expect the county’s case to rapidly increase over the coming weeks, and predicting a peak happening somewhere around Jan. 24. If the variant follows its pattern like it has in other places, hospital leaders expect the numbers to rapidly …