New Mexico To Loosen Red-Yellow-Green Criteria And Sets Vaccination Goal For Removal Of Restrictions
From the Office of the Governor:
…Changes come amid nation-leading vaccine distribution effort; State approaching victory over the worst of the pandemic
SANTA FE – State officials announced today that New Mexico will loosen the key health metrics used to assign risk levels to counties under the Red-Yellow-Green COVID-19 framework, as the state’s nation-leading vaccine distribution effort is over time likely to reduce the number of asymptomatic people seeking out and receiving tests for COVID-19.
The color-coded framework will now include a criterion that will benefit counties as their vaccination rates improve, incorporating an essential new metric that reflects increasing vaccination rates in counties all across the state as more supply becomes available. An updated Department of Health public health order is attached to this news release.