New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 21 / November 10,
2020
EXECUTIVE ORDER
2020-073
RENEWING THE
STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY INITIALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
2020-004, OTHER POWERS INVOKED IN THAT ORDER, AND ALL OTHER ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES
CONTAINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDERS TIED TO THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
On December 31, 2019, several
cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause were detected in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China, and reported to the World Health Organization (“WHO”). The
underlying virus giving rise to those reported instances of respiratory illness
was later identified as a novel coronavirus disease which has been referred to
as “COVID-19.”
By the time the first COVID-19
cases had been confirmed in New Mexico, on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 had already
spread globally and throughout the United States. At that time, more than
100,000 people had been infected globally and there were more than 1,000 cases
in the United States, spread out over 39 states. The President of the United
States declared a national state of emergency for COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
As of October 15, 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”)
reported over 7.8 million people have been infected in the United States, with
over 200,000 related deaths, and the New Mexico Department of Health has
reported over 34,958 positive COVID-19 cases and 922 related deaths in New
Mexico.
Public health organizations have
implemented emergency measures intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. For
example, on January 20, 2020, the CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center
in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The WHO declared a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern shortly thereafter. All of our sister
states have declared a state of emergency and implemented significant measures
and deployed substantial resources to fight the spread of COVID-19.
New Mexico has taken aggressive
measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to mitigate its impacts. I have
been in frequent contact with federal and state agencies and officials who are
coordinating their efforts and resources to fight COVID-19. Various state
agencies have been at the forefront of our State’s response to COVID-19,
particularly the New Mexico Department of Health. The hard work of a variety of
state employees has made a difference in our fight against COVID-19. Due to the
continued spread of COVID-19, it is necessary for all branches of State
government to continue taking actions to minimize transmission of COVID-19 and
to reduce its attendant physical and economic harms.
Therefore, for the reasons
above, I, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of the State of New Mexico, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
State of New Mexico, hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. In consultation with the New Mexico Department of
Health, I have determined that the statewide public health emergency proclaimed
in Executive Order 2020-004, and renewed in Executive Orders 2020-022,
2020-026, 2020-030, 2020-036, 2020-053, 2020-55, 2020-059, and 2020-064 shall
be renewed and extended through November 13, 2020.
2. All other powers, directives, and orders invoked in
Executive Order 2020-004 remain in effect.
3. All other Executive Orders with a duration that was tied
to the COVID-19 public health emergency or that was not explicitly stated shall
continue with the same effect, including any orders appropriating emergency
funding and the following orders: Executive Order 2020-012; Executive Order
2020-016; Executive Order 2020-020; Executive Order 2020-021; Executive Order
2020-025; Executive Order 2020-037; Executive Order 2020-039; Executive Order
2020-056; Executive Order 2020-063; Executive Order 2020-072.
This Order supersedes any
previous orders, proclamations, or directives in conflict. This Executive Order
shall take effect October 16, 2020 and shall remain in effect until November
13, 2020 unless renewed, modified, or until the Governor rescinds it.
ATTEST: DONE
AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
THIS
16TH DAY OF OCTOMBER 2020
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MAGGIE
TOULOUSE OLIVER WITNESS
MY HAND AND THE GREAT
SECRETARY
OF STATE SEAL
OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
MICHELLE
LUJAN GRISHAM GOVERNOR