KOB Web Staff Created: June 26, 2021 06:06 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Navajo Department of Health reported three new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths Friday.
The department also reported the first confirmed case of the Delta variant from a COVID-19 test sample that was obtained in the northern region of the Navajo Nation.
The Delta variant is more transmissible and can cause more severe illness, however, COVID-19 vaccines are shown to be effective at preventing serious illnesses from the variant. We have several variants on the Navajo Nation and now we have the Delta variant identified in our communities, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said. This should encourage more of our people to get fully vaccinated to push back on the severity of the variants.
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The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation
Navajo uranium miners have died of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. They weren’t told of the risks, and they want compensation for radiation exposure continued.
June 27, 2021
Phil Harrison views a uranium loading bin left behind from the mining era, which stretched from the 1940s to the 1980s. Credit: Cheyanne M. Daniels/MNS
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COVE CHAPTER, Ariz. Phil Harrison walks the Lukachukai mountain range that towers over the Cove Chapter of the Navajo Nation in northeast Arizona. The mountains rise against a clear blue sky, and the red sand is dotted with sagebrush and flowers.