'This virus didn't originate on the Navajo Nation,' said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. 'But we got hit pretty hard.' With more than 6,000 confirmed cases, Navajo Nation has a higher coronavirus infection rate than New York state.
About the size of West Virginia and situated on 27,000 square miles of land spread across Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, Navajo Nation is home to approximately 175,000 people.infection rate of more than 3.4% and more than 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the Navajo Nation Department of Health."This virus didn't originate on the Navajo Nation," said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez."But we got hit pretty hard.
And, Nez added,"We're social people, just like anybody else. Only when we talk about social people here on the Navajo Nation, and in many tribal communities, it's just not gathering with your friends or your immediate or extended family, because we also have clan families. And our clans often come together from all parts of the Navajo Nation."
Shamasunder agreed."From a funding stand-point, Native American health has never been prioritized. The IHS gets funded at one-third the amount of money per capita asNez added,"That means we don't have that many emergency beds or intensive care units or doctors," despite huge ongoing health care needs. Navajos have a 20%
And since the pandemic began, HEAL has sent an additional team of 35 volunteer nurses and doctors with particular skills in critical care, intensive care, acute care, hospital medicine and emergency medicine. The Navajo Nation has also welcomed offers of assistance from other well-known aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders."We didn't roll over and feel sorry for ourselves," Nez said."As we say in our language, we are 'Five-Fingered Beings.
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