As the Navajo Nation hopes to stave off deadly cases of the delta variant, which has been surging in surrounding states, tribal leaders are going back to an early pandemic playbook that local and state governments across the country have largely resisted.
— the Navajo Nation boasts a more than 70 percent vaccination rate among its eligible population, and earlier this month, it saw a seven-day stretch of no reported Covid-related deaths.
"One thing that is surprising: It's been about five weeks in an increase in cases, and there is no evidence that anybody has died from this wave," Nez said.As the Navajo Nation stares down a third wave of the coronavirus and hopes to stave off deadly cases of the delta variant, which has been surging in surrounding states, tribal leaders are going back to an early pandemic playbook that local and state governments across the country have largely resisted.
"If people look at the Navajo Nation, they can see that it is possible to push back on this virus regionally," Nez said. "I'm very proud of our Navajo people," he added."They accepted these protocols from the beginning. We didn't politicize wearing masks. When people get sick, they know what to do. They stay home. They get in touch with contact tracers."
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