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How coronavirus gripped the Navajo: More than 3,200 of the 175,000 population are infected and 100 have died after man who attended Tucson basketball game brought in virus and spread it to the community where a THIRD of homes don't have running water
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Navajo Nation has reported 3,204 positive COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths as of Monday, and the number of infections continues to climb
- The virus was brought to the Navajo Nation, home to roughly 175,000, by a man who attended a basketball tournament in Tucson, Arizona
- He brought it to small Chilchinbito church where locals across region gathered
...a typical superspreader event...
- The number of cases is disproportionately high among Native Americans
- If the Navajo Nation were its own state it would have the second highest per capita rate of nearly 18 cases per 1,000 people, only behind New York
- Factors including crowding, tradition, medical disparities and a lack of running water and electrify have contributed to the virological catastrophe
- Doctors Without Borders, known to aid in medical crises across the globe, has now dispatched a team of nine to the hard-hit Navajo Nation
- More doctors from the federal Indian Health Service, local hospitals, Navajo Nation officials, the National Guard, volunteer doctors, nurses and EMTs from across the nation have arrived to help
- Over 18,000 tests have been administered and 13,576 proved negative as of Monday
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-05-13 |
