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FRUITLAND – Robbin Tanner carefully arranged supplies needed to administer the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to David and Nina Mays at their home on the Navajo Nation.
Tanner, a public health nurse with Northern Navajo Medical Center, has been working with Maxine Tsosie, a community health representative with the Navajo Department of Health, to identify and vaccinate individuals who are unable to leave home, typically due to illness or age.
David Mays greeted Tanner and Tsosie on Feb. 24, then talked about his bout with COVID-19 last March and about his interest in getting the vaccine.
The couple tried to get vaccinated at drive-thru events in Nenahnezad and Upper Fruitland but were discouraged by long lines and hearing that supplies were limited.
31 U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, has been overseeing the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 response operations in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services since March 2020. This fact sheet reflects operations since November 2020. Approximately 560 military medical personnel are currently working, or recently worked, alongside civilian healthcare providers in civilian hospitals, helping treat COVID-19 patients in six states and the Navajo Nation as part of this whole-of-government response to the pandemic.
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In Texas, approximately 80 military medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Air Force have been supporting the state since January 29, 2021, at three hospitals in three cities:
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What the Navajo Nation’s successful COVID vaccine rollout can teach the rest of the country Rachel Grumman Bender
The Navajo Nation is one of the hardest-hit populations in the U.S. when it comes to COVID-19 at one point reporting the country s highest number of cases per capita. To date, the Navajo Department of Health reports more than 1,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19.
But a bright spot has emerged: The COVID vaccine rollout in the Navajo Nation has been highly successful, already surpassing its original goal to have administered 100,000 shots by the end of February. It’s an impressive number, given that there are an estimated 175,000 people living in the Navajo Nation.