NMDOH to update status of monkeypox, COVID-19 cases

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico health officials are expected to discuss the latest updates related to the presence of both monkeypox and COVID-19 cases in the state Thursday. It's been nearly a month since the state detected its first presumptive case of monkeypox while COVID-19 has continued to hover around roughly 6,000 new confirmed cases a week for the past month. What is monkeypox?KRQE News 13 will livestream a New Mexico Department of Health news conference on this page Thursday