COVID-19 Safety
NMC COVID-19 Safety Information
NMC Employees:
If you tested positive for COVID19, please notify NMC HR immediately by sending an email to hr@newmexicoconsortium.org; include the following information: date when you had first symptoms, date when you were tested, date when you last were at work, close contacts if any.
COVID-19 Safety Info:
CDC
- August 5, 2021 ‘Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in Schools K-12’
- COVID-19 FAQs Updated Regularly
- ‘COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review’ Updated Regularly
- COVID-19 Science Weekly Updates
- COVID-19 Vaccine for Children and Teens NEW
- Fungal Diseases and COVID-19
- Key Things to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines Updated Regularly
- New Variants of the Virus Updated Regularly
- Quarantine and Isolation NEW
- September 16, 2021, Post COVID Conditions NEW
- Should I be concerned about the Delta Variant (1 min video)
- Travel Recommendations by Destination Updated Regularly
- Types of Masks and Respirators’ Updated September 23, 2021 NEW
- Vaccines work (updated August 16, 2021)
- What You Need to Know About Handwashing (2 minute video)
- When & How to Use Soap & Water vs. Hand Sanitizer pdf
- ‘When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated’ Updated Regularly
- Your Guides to Masks & COVID-19 Community Transmission by State & County NEW
FDA
- FDA’s COVID-19 webpage Updated Regularly
- Moderna vaccine fact sheet, revised Aug 27, 2021
- Pfizer-BioNTECH vaccine fact sheet, revised September 22, 2021
- J&J vaccine fact sheet, revised Aug 27, 2021
- September 22, 2021 ‘Final Pfizer Letter of Authorization for Booster Doses’ NEW
- Updates on Hand Sanitizers NOT to use, Revised October 4, 2021 NEW
- Vaccine Facts: The Path for a COVID-19 Vaccine from Research to Emergency Use Authorization
- What is an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)? ~2 minute video
- Vapors from alcohol-based hand sanitizers can have side effects: Apply hand sanitizer in a well-ventilated area
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard/Doses Delivered Per County Updated Regularly
- COVID-19 Vaccines FAQs
- Quarantine Requirements — Executive Order 2020-056
- September 13, 2021 ‘Current COVID Case Outlook’ showing map of NM counties Updated Every 2 Weeks
- Updated New Mexico COVID-19 Cases
OSHA INFO
- August 13, 2021 Updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
- OSHA Alert addresses the recommended ventilation in the workplace for those located at LARP or Central during this time
- OSHA’s COVID-19 FAQs
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Assessing your risk of getting COVID-19 (Quiz)
- COVID-19 Series, “Science in 5” (minutes) New Episodes Added Periodically
- Global Research on Coronavirus Disease
- Laboratory biosafety guidance related to COVID-19 Interim Guidance
- Recommended Fabric Mask Materials and Composition Video
- ‘Support for Rehabilitation Self-Management after COVID-19-Related Illness’ (in various languages)
- Three factors help you make safer decisions during COVID-19′ (1 minute video)
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers) INFO ON VENTILATION
OTHER INFO
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ‘We’re in this Together. Disinformation Stops with You.’
- September 29, 2021 Science News ‘Close cousins of SARS-CoV-2 found in a cave in Laos yield new clues about pandemic’s origin’ NEW
- September 28, 2021 New York Times, ‘Pfizer and BioNTech submit data backing vaccine for children 5 to 11’ NEW
- September 24, 2021 Science News ‘Vaccine nationalism and dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2’ NEW
- September 22, 2021 Berkeley Lab ‘Poorly circulated room air raises potential exposure to contaminants by up to 6 times’ NEW
- September 17, 2021 MMWR ‘Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against COVID-19-related Emergency Department & Urgent Care Encounters & Hospitalizations among Adults during the …Delta Variant Predominance’ NEW
- September 15, 2021, Science ‘SARS-like viruses may jump from animals to people hundreds of thousands of times a year,’
- September 9, 2021, Path out of the Pandemic — President Biden’s COVID-19 Plan
- September 2, 2021, Science, ‘Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from “lab leak”‘
- Updated October 4 2021, NYT Wirecutter, ‘Where to Buy N95s, KN95s, surgical-style masks you can trust?’ NEW
- EPA Guide to Air Cleaners
- EPA’s List of Disinfectants for use Against COVID-19
- March 2021 Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency, CISA Insights, ‘COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy within the Critical Infrastructure Workforce’
- McGill University, COVID-19 Vaccine Development & Approvals worldwide
- NPR: How is the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign going in your State? Updated regularly
- October 7, 2021 New York Times ‘Pfizer asks FDA to authorize its Covid-19 vaccine for childiren 5 – 11’ NEW
- EPA: ‘Six steps for safe & effective disinfectant use’ NEW