{"id":20581,"date":"2022-01-31T17:36:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=20581"},"modified":"2022-01-31T17:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:36:53","slug":"cronkite-news-navajo-nation-seeks-greater-access-to-covid-19-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/01\/31\/cronkite-news-navajo-nation-seeks-greater-access-to-covid-19-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronkite News: Navajo Nation seeks greater access to COVID-19 tests"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/01\/31\/cronkite-news-navajo-nation-seeks-greater-access-to-covid-19-tests\/covid19tests\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"20587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/01\/31\/cronkite-news-navajo-nation-seeks-greater-access-to-covid-19-tests\/covid19tests\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/31\/covid19tests-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1643334689&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COVID-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Postal Service is distributing COVID-19 tests, like the one pictured here, to homes across the U.S. Each household address is limited to two kits, containing a total of four tests. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/31\/covid19tests-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/31\/covid19tests-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-20587\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The U.S. Postal Service is distributing COVID-19 tests, like the ones pictured here, to homes across the U.S. Each household address is limited to two kits, containing a total of four tests. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Navajo President Nez advocates for more free COVID-19 tests for tribal members<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, January 31, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Emma VandenEinde<\/div>\r\n<DIV class=source>Cronkite News<\/DIV>\r\n<DIV class=source-website><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/\">cronkitenews.azpbs.org<\/A><\/DIV>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nCOVID-19 cases in Arizona hit a <a href=https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/2022\/01\/26\/on-second-anniversary-covid-19-still-racks-up-grim-milestones-in-arizona\/>record last Wednesday<\/a> and now are starting to slowly decline. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThere were over 14,000 cases reported Thursday. That\u2019s according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Navajo Nation is seeing a similar surge, according to President Jonathan Nez. The <a href=https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/2022\/01\/27\/navajo-nation-arizona-new-mexico-utah-783\/>Nation reported triple digits<\/a> last Thursday with 113 new COVID-19 cases.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1207366948%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-81EoOtAqbQy&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\" title=\"indianz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">indianz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/navajo-president-nez-advocates-for-more-free-covid-19-tests-for-tribal-members\/s-81EoOtAqbQy\" title=\"Navajo President Nez advocates for more free COVID-19 tests for tribal members\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Navajo President Nez advocates for more free COVID-19 tests for tribal members<\/a><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Cronkite News Audio by Emma VandenEinde: <a href=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/navajo-president-nez-advocates-for-more-free-covid-19-tests-for-tribal-members>Navajo President Nez advocates for more free COVID-19 tests for tribal members<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDespite the numbers, Nez says there\u2019s been very few hospitalizations, which  he attributes to high vaccination rates on the Nation. But Nez is concerned about <a href=https:\/\/www.covidtests.gov>getting tests out to families who need them<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThere are multiple generations of individuals living under one roof, and so when you use a post office box, other families may use the same P.O. Box number,\u201d Nez told Cronkite News. \u201cThe other family members, they\u2019re not able to receive the free test kits.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNez isn\u2019t the only one seeking changes. Congressman Tom O\u2019Halleran, a Democrat, recently sent a letter to the federal government <a href=https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/2022\/01\/31\/rep-tom-ohalleran-d-arizona-2\/>asking for a priority shipment of tests to tribal communities<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nUntil then, Nez says Navajos will continue to wash their hands, keep their distance and wear masks.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<STRONG>For more stories from Cronkite News, visit <A href=\"https:\/\/cronkitenews.azpbs.org\/?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=client\">cronkitenews.azpbs.org<\/A>.<\/STRONG>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<HR><EM>Note: This story is published via a <A href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative  Commons license<\/A>. Cronkite News is produced by the <A href=\"https:\/\/cronkite.asu.edu\/\">Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication<\/A> at <A href=\"https:\/\/www.asu.edu\">Arizona State University<\/A>.<\/EM><HR> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are COVID-19 tests reaching tribal and rural households? 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