Navajo Nation members living on the reservation in Arizona have tested positive for COVID-19 by a rate 7 times higher than that of the rest of the state's population.
what it would take to outfit the south end of the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix into a medical-grade facility.
Local officials across the state also remain frustrated with the lack of access to adequate COVID-19 testing kits."Testing is incredibly important so that we are not flying blind to what is happening in our communities," said Tucson Mayor Regina Romero. "We have high rates of diabetes, high rates of cardiovascular disease — there's a high vulnerable population here on the Navajo Nation," said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez."This is serious. This is a serious public health emergency on the Navajo Nation.
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