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The Las Cruces City Council is calling for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for both the city of Las Cruces and the entirety of Doña Ana County.
Council members unanimously passed a resolution urging the New Mexico Department of Health to provide an equal number of COVID-19 vaccines to Doña Ana County. City Policy Analyst Christopher Dunn says Doña Ana’s vaccination rate is approximately 5% less than 19 other counties in New Mexico, despite being the second-most populous county in the state.
“Currently 19 counties have vaccinated, or partially vaccinated, more than 30% of their population, and Doña Ana County has partially vaccinated 25.2% of the population,” Dunn said. “We have been able to fully vaccinate 12.6% of the population…The city of Las Cruces and Doña Ana County are here to distribute vaccines efficiently as well.”