New Mexico banks on cash incentives to meet vaccine goal
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANJune 14, 2021 GMT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico residents who get vaccinated against COVID-19 will now be eligible for a $100 incentive as the state began a hard push Monday.
The New Mexico Department of Health has announced the reward for anyone who gets their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine by Thursday.
State health officials are trying to reach a goal of having 60% of New Mexico residents age 16 and up fully vaccinated this week. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has vowed to end the state’s color-coded risk system two weeks after the vaccination goal is reached, meaning businesses would be able to fully reopen.
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By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
Vaccine supplies have eclipsed demand in New Mexico even as the state makes a hard push toward meeting a key vaccination goal Thursday.
Health officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that New Mexico s inventory includes nearly 493,000 doses that are being stored in freezers around the state. Expiration dates range from this week through September. The state also has donated 372,600 doses of its undelivered allocation back to the federal government.
Health Department spokesman David Morgan has said New Mexico is adapting to shrinking demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in several ways. That includes ordering only a minimal number each week to cover requests from providers.