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Navajo Nation Begins Mass Vaccinations After Lifting Lockdown Order

The Navajo Nation is shifting its focus to mass vaccinations to fight against the pandemic's hold on Indigenous communities.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in late December at Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, N.M.

The Navajo Nation has lifted a strict weekend curfew that has been in place for months to expand COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

Like much of the country, the Navajo Nation had its worst coronavirus surge at the end of last year. But now, have received at least one dose of a vaccine —.

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