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  • NM: Otero County Prison fighting chickenpox

    Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/1113860/o...hickenpox.html

    Otero County Prison fighting chickenpox
    By Angela Kocherga / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau
    Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 7:09pm
    Updated: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 10:11pm

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ? The Otero County Prison is getting help from the New Mexico Department of Health to prevent a large-scale outbreak of chickenpox after two inmates tested positive for the highly contagious viral infection on Friday.

    ?We are working closely with epidemiologists at NMDOH to contain the spread of chickenpox in the facility,? Secretary of Corrections David Jablonski said in a statement released Tuesday. ?Our goal is to protect the health of inmates and prison staff so that spread of the disease can be limited and complications can be avoided.?...
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