Author: Donovan Quintero

Shaiyaia Fowler, a medical assistant at Sage Memorial Hospital, said she took the trial vaccine, Pfizer BioNTech, to protect her number one priority – her children.

Residents are ignoring state and Navajo Nation public health orders, causing an “out of control” spread of the virus.

• Nearly 1 in 8 Navajos has become sickened with the coronavirus.

• At least 777 people have died on the Navajo Nation from the illness.

• A shelter-in-place order has been extended to Jan. 10.

Shaiyaia Fowler, a medical assistant at Sage Memorial Hospital, rolled up her sleeves on Tuesday morning to become part of history. She didn’t wince when the hypodermic needle penetrated her skin to inject the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The vaccine for COVID-19 for health-care workers, long-term nursing patients and staff arrived Monday.