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Navajo Nation Lockdowns Continue; Vaccine Distribution Begins Tuesday

Jonathan Nez
Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services
Jonathan Nez

After another weekend lockdown, the Navajo Nation has reported an additional 183 cases and two deaths on Sunday. 

The Navajo Nation continues its COVID-19-related lockdown through the end of December, including 57-hour weekend lockdowns. And that public health ordermay be extended.

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service is overseeing most of the Navajo Nation’s distribution of the Pfizer vaccine, which will begin with health care workers on Tuesday.  

The Nation has had 720 deaths and over 19,600 cases since the pandemic began.

Tribal President Jonathan Nez has also scheduled a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m. on his Facebook page to provide updates. 

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Jill Ryan joined KJZZ in 2020 as a morning reporter, and she is currently a field correspondent and Morning Edition producer.