New Mexico moves to restart visits at long-term care sites
(WorldNews Mexico)

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico plans to gradually restore visiting opportunities with residents of some nursing homes and other long-term care facilities by arranging outdoor or open-window meetings, the governor announced Thursday. Face masks and Plexiglas dividers will still be used out of an abundance of caution to guard against transmission of COVID-19 at the long-term care facilities. The initiative will begin next week in a handful of counties with relatively low rates of positive testing for the coronavirus. At a video news conference, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state health officials said social isolation is taking a toll on elderly and disabled people. In-person visits have...