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Navajo Nation Sends Cloth Masks To India In Midst Of Coronavirus Surge

India leads the world in new coronavirus cases, with hundreds of thousands of infections per day and a staggering death toll.

But it recently got a little bit of help when the Navajo Nation sent 1,200 cloth masks to India. It plans to send more.

Last year, the Navajo Nation was devastated by the coronavirus, but it has rebounded.

The tribe reports that it has vaccinated about 70% of its people and may soon reach herd immunity.

Less than 2% of India’s citizens have been vaccinated, though it is one of the world’s leading producers of the vaccine.

Ron Dungan was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2020 to 2024.