{"id":53661,"date":"2020-05-29T20:19:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T02:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-will-lift-many-business-restrictions-on-june-1\/"},"modified":"2020-05-30T02:19:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T02:19:54","slug":"new-mexico-will-lift-many-business-restrictions-on-june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-will-lift-many-business-restrictions-on-june-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico will lift many business restrictions on June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Associated PressNew Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham removes her face mask at the start of an update on the COVID-19 outbreak during a news conference at the State Capitol in Santa Fe on May 27.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

SANTA FE \u2014 New Mexico will allow restaurants, shopping malls and salons to reopen at limited capacity starting on Monday, June 1, as state health regulators relax restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks, protesters had taken to the streets in front of Animas Valley Mall to protest the stricter regulations Lujan Grisham had put in place. In light of the governor\u2019s Thursday announcement protesters canceled a rally planned for Santa Fe on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In light of the governor\u2019s Thursday announcement protesters canceled a rally planned for Santa Fe on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the changes under a new 30-day public health order, speaking Thursday at an online news conference from the Statehouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really good news,\u201d Lujan Grisham said. \u201cNew Mexicans have worked really heard to respect and protect each other, and in fact it\u2019s paying off. \u2026 We can restart out economy. We can come back strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also urged people to not let their guard down and to use increased caution as they venture out to more businesses and public venues. Health officials also outlined a new rapid response initiative for responding to COVID-19 outbreaks at businesses, starting on Monday.<\/p>\n

Nine more state parks are opening, though not for overnight camping. Drive-in movies are sanctioned and the state\u2019s 14-day quarantine requirement for incoming commercial air travel is being dropped for some business.<\/p>\n

Restaurants can open at 50% of maximum capacity, while a 25% limit will be applied to shopping malls, hair salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors, massage services and nail salons as they return to business for the first time since March. Loitering is prohibited, and food courts will remain closed.<\/p>\n

The changes apply to the entire state, including the northwest of the state that accounts for the majority of infections statewide.<\/p>\n

Gyms and hotels also will be allowed to operate at 50% of maximum occupancy, though group fitness classes are prohibited. The reopening comes with other industry-specific restrictions to limit transmission of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Grants Mayor Martin Hicks to adhere to public health emergency orders after he attempted to override state restrictions by encouraging local businesses to resume activity and directed city officials to reopen a municipal golf course against the governor\u2019s health orders.<\/p>\n

Siding with the state, the court said that public health emergency orders from the Health Department secretary \u201cshall supersede contrary orders and directives by (Hicks) concerning the legality of mass gatherings and the exceptions provided for essential services.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governor said she personally has followed a \u201chigher standard\u201d in adhering to state health orders and precautions designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, in response to questions about her purchase of jewelry by phone for remote pickup in April from a store in Albuquerque when nonessential retail stores still were ordered closed.<\/p>\n

Lujan Grisham noted that she began wearing a mask in public before it became a state requirement and has refrained from visiting her mother in person at a nursing home since January as a public safety precaution.<\/p>\n

She described reports about the jewelry purchase as \u201cwildly inaccurate\u201d without identifying specific inaccuracies. Spokeswoman Nora Meyers Sackett has said the transaction was entirely contact-less and that the store was never \u201copened\u201d when a friend of the governor\u2019s went to pick up merchandise off-site.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s what is accurate,\u201d she said. \u201cSupport local businesses, do no in-person shopping \u2014 businesses that are closed are not open for that. \u2026 I\u2019m happy to demonstrate that I can lead by example. I should be accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

State health officials reported 108 new confirmed COVID-19 infections and six related deaths. That brings total confirmed infections to 7,364 and 335 known coronavirus deaths. There were 196 hospitalized patients.<\/p>\n

More than 183,000 tests have been conducted across a state of 2.1 million residents.<\/p>\n

Federal health authorities have confirmed one case in New Mexico of multi-system inflammatory syndrome associated with coronavirus in a juvenile patient, Human Services Secretary David Scrase said. Symptoms of the syndrome resembled those of Kawasaki disease, a rare blood vessel disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m told the child is doing well though and in great care,\u201d he said. He flagged the state\u2019s above-average infection rate among children as a continued point of concern.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the state court system plans in mid-June to resume jury trials that had been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

An order issued Thursday by the state Supreme Court\u2019s chief justice lifts the suspension that has been in place since March. The state\u2019s 13 judicial districts can start jury trials beginning June 15 through July 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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