.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....One-third of New Mexicans 16 and older are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with 50% having received at least one dose.
Efren Alcala, 21, receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine from registered nurse Manuel Mandel at First Nations Community Healthsource Clinic in Southeast Albuquerque last month. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)
The announcement by the state Department of Health comes five days after the state lifted the last of its restrictions on who could get vaccinated.
“These milestones matter,” Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins said in a news release. “They show very clearly that our vaccination efforts are working, and that we’re moving faster than any state in the country toward herd immunity.”
Police investigate a crash Tuesday evening in Southeast Albuquerque (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
Two vehicles can be seen wrecked Tuesday evening in Southeast Albuquerque (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Police are investigating a crash that led to at least one person being seriously injured Wednesday evening in Southeast Albuquerque.
Rebecca Atkins, an Albuquerque police spokeswoman, said the crash occurred sometime before 3 p.m. at Carlisle and Ridgecrest SE.
She did not say how many vehicles were involved or how many people were injured but did say Carlisle was closed between Coal and Garfield.
Two wrecked vehicles could be seen at the intersection of Carlisle and Garfield. One was on its side in the front yard of a home and another was nearby against the curb with its hood smashed in.
Police detained the shooter at the scene, a few blocks from Central and Southern SE.
“It is not being considered a homicide for reporting purposes, pending further investigation,” Gallegos said Saturday.
Gallegos said the Feb. 8 death of Selena Belin, 22, in Northeast Albuquerque is now being investigated as a homicide.
He said Belin’s death occurred near Osuna and San Pedro NE but gave no other details.
In the update, Gallegos also identified David Gracia-Dominguez, 42, Mario Delgado Jr., 47, and Theodore Smith, 61, as three victims who had not been named before .
On Jan. 18 around 6:30 a.m., police responding to a gunshot detection device found Gracia-Dominguez dead in the area of Rhode Island and Chico NE.