{"id":4528,"date":"2009-05-04T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/guv-to-discuss-swine-flu-today-in-las-cruces-clovis\/"},"modified":"2009-05-04T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T06:01:00","slug":"guv-to-discuss-swine-flu-today-in-las-cruces-clovis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/guv-to-discuss-swine-flu-today-in-las-cruces-clovis\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv to discuss swine flu today in Las Cruces, Clovis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sf58ahrTE2I\/AAAAAAAALjM\/9Oj39RIlVnA\/s1600-h\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sf58ahrTE2I\/AAAAAAAALjM\/9Oj39RIlVnA\/s200\/Richardson,+Bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331835804011664226\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> will be in Las Cruces this afternoon to brief the community on the status of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swine_influenza\" target=\"_blank\">swine flu<\/a> (or H1N1 flu) in New Mexico and \u201cthe state\u2019s efforts to track and stop the spread of the virus,\u201d according to a news release from the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Richardson will hold a news conference in the commission chambers at the Do\u00f1a Ana County Government Center, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=845+North+Motel+Boulevard,+las+cruces,+nm&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=46.27475,59.589844&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_blank\">845 North Motel Boulevard<\/a>, at 2:30 p.m. Richardson will also be in Clovis to discuss the situation at 11:30 a.m. in the board room at Clovis Community College, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=417+Schepps+Boulevard,+clovis,+nm&amp;sll=32.30977,-106.815609&amp;sspn=0.012133,0.014548&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A\" target=\"_blank\">417 Schepps Boulevard<\/a>, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There has been one confirmed case of swine flu in New Mexico &#8212; an 18-year-old man from Valencia County who is recovering, according to the state Department of Health. The department is investigating 14 other \u201cprobable\u201d cases, and the state is taking some serious measures this week to try to stop the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The department has announced that Carlsbad High School, Deming Intermediate School and all public schools in the Socorro and Lordsburg districts will be closed this week. That\u2019s due to probable cases in those districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are taking quick action to prevent the spread of H1N1 flu in New Mexico by closing the schools in these communities,\u201d Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil said in a news release announcing the school closures. \u201cParents around the state need to continue to be diligent and keep their children home from school if they develop influenza-like symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, the state has cancelled all prep sports statewide this week, according to the Farmington Daily Times\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyTimes\/status\/1693014161\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Las Cruces this afternoon to brief the community on the status of swine flu (or H1N1 flu) in New Mexico and \u201cthe state\u2019s efforts to track and stop the spread of the virus,\u201d according to a news release from the governor\u2019s office. Richardson will hold a news conference in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}