Posts Tagged ‘outbreak’
COVID-19 Survival and Recovery on the Navajo Nation
May 15, 2020 – Navajo Nation health departments reported Sunday that the tribe has exceeded 3,000 positive COVID-19 tests, with cases in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The tribe has emergency orders in place to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus. The reservation is closed to visitors, there’s a stay-at-home order and nightly curfews, and 57-hour weekend lockdowns have been implemented since Easter. Tribal leaders and health officials…
Read MoreCOVID-19 in Grants
May 15, 2020 – Correspondent Laura Paskus continues her series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities. Diego Lopez is a reporter with the Cibola Citizen in Grants. City leaders are clashing in that western New Mexico town, where the mayor has demanded businesses reopen, despite the governor’s public health closure order that eases at…
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