COVID-19 at ‘elevated rates’ in New Mexico amid new variants [Video]

DOUG COVID STRAINS HAD ELEVATED RATES IN NEW MEXICO. FAITH EGBUONU SPOKE WITH A DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW AND DO. COVID STILL MAKING ITS ROUNDS. DOCTOR MEGAN BRETT WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL TELLING US THE VIRUS IS NOW AT ELEVATED RATES ACROSS THE STATE. THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE COVID INFECTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IF YOU’RE GOING OUT TO PLACES OR KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, THEN THEN THEY MAY BE COMING HOME WITH RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS LIKE COUGH OR SORE THROAT. WITH NEW VACCINES UNDERWAY, DOCTOR BRETT BELIEVES YOUR BEST BET IS TO GET ONE NOW GET VACCINATED. I THINK THAT’S THE KEY THING AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID. THE VACCINES TARGETING A DIFFERENT STRAIN OF VIRUS THAN LAST YEAR. WHAT THE VACCINE MANUFACTURERS HAVE DONE IS TRIED TO MATCH THE VACCINE TO THE …