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Navajo Nation reinstates stay-at-home lockdown amid 'uncontrolled spread' of coronavirus

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation will reinstate a stay-at-home lockdown while closing tribal offices and requiring new closures and safety measures for businesses due to a surge in COVID-19 infections.

The three-week lockdown across the Southwest reservation goes into effect Monday, tribal officials said. A previously ordered 56-hour weekend curfew began Friday night.

Much of Navajo Nation was closed between March and August as the virus swept through the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

The tribe's health department on Wednesday warned residents of new “uncontrolled spread” of the virus in 34 communities on the reservation.

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