Officials say additional cases are likely to occur in Gaines County and the surrounding communities.
In unrelated news, the attorney general for the neighboring state of Louisiana and his deputy said yesterday in a news release and on social media, that the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) will no longer encourage mass vaccination. LDH has banned vaccine events and ordered staff not to promote vaccination, New Orleans Public Radio (NOPR) reported today, citing an internal memo to staff yesterday, the same day as the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
