CORONAVIRUS

With $2.1 billion in Navajo ARPA funds in the bank, mums the word on how entities can access any of those monies as the president’s, speaker’s, and the controller’s offices haven’t clearly publicized the process and requests for information go unanswered.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at an alarming clip in the United States, the 675,031 who have died from the virus as of Sept. 21 exceeded the estimated 675,000 deaths that occurred during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Delta variant has run rampant through the U.S. in recent weeks, surpassing last summer’s peak of new daily cases and putting unvaccinated and people with weakened immune systems at risk.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Sept. 2 that vaccinations against COVID-19 are required for staff and faculty at Bureau of Indian Education facilities.

The Navajo Nation Department of Personnel Management will host five agency job fairs next week and is encouraging job seekers to attend.