At least 100 people on the Navajo Nation have died from the virus and 3,122 people have tested positive. A number of factors, including lack of running water, make the situation there difficult.
. Before the coronavirus outbreak, half the tribe was unemployed. The situation has worsened in recent weeks.
The Navajo Nation is a food desert with only 13 grocery stores in an area approximately the size of West Virginia. Many communities rely on just one store, so people mingle from distant locations while buying food. For example, if the community of Shonto had no infections and someone there traveled to the market in Kayenta where people from Chilchinbito also shop, they could easily go home with more than their groceries — they could become infected with COVID-19.
Given that the Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles — seven people per square mile — social distancing may seem easy. But while the population is spread out, multiple generations often live under one roof or within the same small group of homes. Isolating a loved one, especially if they are sick, simply isn't part of Navajo culture. That culture has alsoWhen it comes to, the Indian Health Service has been drastically underfunded for decades.
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