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Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation announced last week that it will continue to enforce a mask mandate at all of its locations across the Western region of the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan-Paiute reservations.
A chapter can remain under advisory until risk and cases decline, according to the tribe's health department.
On the Navajo Nation, 71% of residents who are 12 years and older are fully vaccinated, according to the Navajo Epidemiology Center.
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Navajo Nation epidemiologists have confirmed a case of the B.1.429 COVID-19 variant on the reservation in the Chinle, Arizona, area. The virus strain was first discovered in California and has become prevalent in new COVID-19 infections in Arizona and Nevada. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed the mutation as a “variant of concern.” ................................................................ “We know this is capable of spreading rapidly and efficiently,” said Dr. Laura Hammitt, infectious disease programs director at th...