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Testing New Mexicans for COVID-19 (from May 8)

A nurse holds up a vial reading "COVID-19 TEST".

July 3, 2020 – This highlight of noteworthy segments from the past four months features a May 8 conversation with Sec. Kathyleen Kunkel of the Department of Health on the state’s efforts to ramp up and maintain COVID-19 testing. Two months later, similar questions remain about whom to test and how often.  Correspondent: Matt Grubs …

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Testing New Mexicans for COVID-19

A nurse holds up a vial reading "COVID-19 TEST".

May 8, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs takes a close look at the state’s COVID-19 testing capability with Sec. Kathyleen Kunkel of the New Mexico Department of Health. New Mexico has the capacity to test more than 5,000 people a day, but routinely falls thousands of tests short of that mark. While the back…

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