{"id":2112,"date":"2020-04-03T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2020-04-03T18:36:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:36:53","slug":"ramah-navajo-chapter-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/04\/03\/ramah-navajo-chapter-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramah Navajo Chapter (New Mexico)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On April 3, 2020, the Ramah Chapter<\/a> of the Navajo Nation confirmed 6 COVID-19 positive cases within the community, a dramatic increase from the single case reported<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

“We have 6 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the Ramah Navajo Community,” a post on social media<\/a> reads. “Our health professionals are working on isolating and sheltering each individual. Other people that have been in contact with COVID 19 are under precautionary isolation at this time.”<\/p>\n

The Ramah Chapter is located in Cibola County and McKinley County in New Mexico. It\u2019s not contiguous to the reservation but is still a part of the Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n

And like the Chilchinbeto Chapter on the main reservation, where the coronavirus took an early hold on the tribe, Ramah is a small and close knit community. About 1,400 people live throughout the community.<\/p>\n

But Ramah is close to Gallup, New Mexico, where COVID-19 cases are rising. Residents often travel to the city to shop, go to school and for other economic and social opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Pueblo of Zuni — where many Ramah residents go to receive health care — is even closer, only about 22 miles away. Zuni has 2 positive cases<\/a>, Governor Val Panteah said on April 3.<\/p>\n

“We are stressing that everyone stay home,” the Ramah Chapter said on social media. “When you stay home you are helping yourself, your family, and this community from spreading the virus.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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