{"id":47052,"date":"2021-04-26T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-announces-student-vaccination-week\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T22:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:54:43","slug":"new-mexico-announces-student-vaccination-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-announces-student-vaccination-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico announces student vaccination week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b5093034-4813-498f-ab32-3b3aece470a8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Marcus Appleton, RN\/clinical educator, prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Students 16 and older will be given priority for registration for the vaccine during the week of May 3-8.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Marcus Appleton, RN\/clinical educator, prepares to administer a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Students 16 and older will be given priority for registration for the vaccine during the week of May 3-8.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of San Juan Regional Medical Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>FARMINGTON \u2013 Students in New Mexico will be given priority for making vaccine appointments during the week of May 3-8, a move that was encouraged by the New Mexico Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and the Public Education Department announced the student-focused week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith public schools back in session and summer just around the corner, we want students to know that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 protects them and their families \u2013 and will help us all get back to doing the things we miss,\u201d said Department of Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins.<\/p>\n<p>All New Mexicans age 16 and older are now able to schedule their own appointments, which includes a large population of high school students. Those who want to sign up for the vaccine must get parental consent if younger than 18, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The release also added that the Pfizer vaccine is the only one available for those ages 16 and 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccinating against this virus protects students\u2019 health and the health of the school community,\u201d Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart said. \u201cAdditionally, once students are fully vaccinated, they won\u2019t have to quarantine if they\u2019re identified as close contacts of someone with COVID-19. That could help reduce school closures in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judy Robinson, spokeswoman for the New Mexico Public Education Department, said in an email Monday that while the department doesn\u2019t have a stance on vaccines, it does \u201cfully support\u201d the guidelines and such set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the state Department of Health and Medical Advisory Team.<\/p>\n<p>To schedule a vaccination appointment, register online at <a href=\"https:\/\/vaccinenm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VaccineNM.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:mmitchell@durangoherald.com\">mmitchell@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 and older will be given priority in registration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,799,28,138,29,443,291],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-47052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-farmington","tag-headlines","tag-new-mexico","tag-newsletter","tag-san-juan-county-new-mexico","tag-vaccines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47052"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=47052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}