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Navajo Nation Extends Lockdown Due To "Dire" Surge Of Coronavirus

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez warned the current surge hitting the community is far more severe than in April and May.
The Navajo Nation implemented a three-week extension on current coronavirus lockdown measures to curtail a severe second surge of the outbreak

Citing an "uncontrolled spread" of coronavirus across 75 of its communities, the Navajo Nation expanded its current lockdown by three weeks in an attempt to clamp down on the spread of the virus.

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