Navajo nation reels under weight of coronavirus – and history of broken promises

The Native American tribe has the highest per-capita infection rate after New York and New Jersey but has a fraction of the resources

Every day the president of the Navajo nation provides a coronavirus update, and every day there’s more bad news.

The Native American tribe now has the highest per-capita Covid-19 infection rate after only New York and New Jersey, and the spread is not slowing.

Today we distributed food, water, fire wood, cleaning products, masks, and more to elderly and high-risk families in Pueblo Pintado and Torreon, NM to help fight COVID-19! Working together, we provided items to 222 families! Ahe’hee’ pic.twitter.com/gISlFgy3Ru

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