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- Good afternoon, this is David
Trybula coming to you from

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headquarters White Sands Missile Range.

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On Friday, May 1st 2020

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with our COVID-19 updates.

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To the numbers.

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New Mexico is reporting 3513

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positive cases of COVID-19.

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Including 830 in the counties
surrounding Albuquerque,

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100 in Santa Fe,

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43 in Socorro,

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147 in Doña Ana,

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and five in Otero.

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El Paso is reporting 924 cases.

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And whereas 357.

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Yesterday, I told you that

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the governor of New Mexico

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was holding a press conference
as we were speaking,

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and that she was extending

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her order, and that order
is actually slightly changed

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from a stay at home.

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Effective 1 May,

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New Mexico is entering a preparation phase

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for being able to reopen the
state and reopen the economy.

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And that includes opening
non essential retailers

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for curbside pickup and delivery service,

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as well as opening state parks

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on a daily use basis,

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golf courses for golf only,

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pet services,

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and lifting many of the restrictions

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on medical procedures.

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But that,

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you need to check with your
medical provider on that.

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The instruction to stay at
home still remains in place.

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However, those other places
that I mentioned are still open.

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Indoor malls, gyms, salons,
theatres, casinos remain closed,

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and mass gatherings
continue to be restricted.

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So El Paso,

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I was hoping to give you a easy roll up

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just like what I just gave you.

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And there is a separate
public health order

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that defines the restrictions
for every type of business.

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And so when you're looking
for what what it is

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that you want to do
based on your locality,

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you really need to
understand what the rules are

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in your in that particular
place that you're talking about.

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And I think the governor's actions

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today really emphasised that,

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in the fact that conditions

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may not be the same across the state.

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And so effective noon today

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the governor has essentially
locked down Gallup,

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the city of Gallup at the
request of the outgoing mayor

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and the incoming mayor,

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as well as numerous other folks based on

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the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19

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within the city.

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And so the state and nation
guard many roadblocks

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on all roads leading into

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the city of Gallup to prevent
that spread moving forward.

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I think that's important
to understand for context

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on multiple dimensions.

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So we talked about Gallup,

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and that's going to make people change

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the routing when they're coming through

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from Arizona,

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going further east,

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whether that's someplace in New
Mexico or much further east.

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And most of those roads are gonna

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come in the area surrounding
White Sands Missile Range.

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And so I think it's
important to understand that

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the travellers that we
may have, coming through,

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may be at different sets,

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then we would have had otherwise.

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And so as we look at places

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that had been closed or are reopening,

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I would ask you to really
spend a little bit more time

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thinking about the new situation,

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if you are actually gonna enter

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into one of those new situations

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where you're engaging with a service,

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or facility that was not open previously.

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Think about what you're touching,

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how you're protecting yourself,

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how you're mitigating that exposure,

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not just yourself,

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but also as you continue to interact,

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when you return with your family,

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with your co workers and
the broader community.

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And because that those
conditions are different

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than what we've become used to

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over the last five plus weeks

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it requires that thought

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to make sure that you are
actually mitigating the risks

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that you think

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are where you're going

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cause they're not the same
risks as what they've had.

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So again, I would ask

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that you continue to do
what you've done a great job

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of doing so far.

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And that is actively being
our first line of defence,

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because the virus

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impacts individuals.

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And so as our first line is self defence,

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practising good personal hygiene,

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appropriate social distancing

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and and taking the measures
to prevent the spread,

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you are keeping us safe.

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Thank you, and we'll be back
with you tomorrow afternoon.