A history of epidemics: Diné avoid epidemics, but fall victim to flu
After Hwééldi, the Navajos returned to the safety of the Four Sacred Mountains. They brought back four years worth of beatings, death, rapes, and kidnappings.
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A history of epidemics: In past, Navajos survived many epidemics. Spanish flu, virus pose danger
Hataałii adéíst’į́į́’ ííł’ínígíí said a deadly and unseen sickness known as ch’osh doo yit’iinii, or ha’t’ííshíí na’ałniihi, was born from the ashes of the mammals and reptiles that burned in the Australian fires in 2019.
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Positive tests at 2 Gallup nursing homes, families say
According to one family member, they were told employees at the McKinley Center Nursing Home, which is located near Gallup Indian Medical Center, and Red Rocks Care Center, which is located in east Gallup, tested positive for the virus.
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McKinley County to consider curfew
The emergency draft is in response to a sudden spike in the number of coronavirus cases, which jumped from 45 confirmed cases on April 8, to 92 confirmed cases on Saturday night.
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Gallup Detox on lockdown for COVID-19
The source said the individual was in contact with dozens of people within McKinley County for the past five to seven days before testing positive at the center.
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Dewpoint: 9.0 F (-12.8 C)
Humidity: 55%
Wind: West at 9.2 MPH (8 KT)
Pressure: 30.09
Highway 264,
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