Navajo Nation President authorizes $576M in COVID-19 stimulus for Diné communities as omicron surges

Volunteer-led aid groups in Utah’s San Juan County, which have helped Utah’s Diné people through the pandemic, are preparing for long-term response solutions.

(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez (right) talks with Utah Navajo Health System employee Pete Sands at a food distribution event in Aneth on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Nez authorized more than $500 millions in new COVID-19 “hardship assistance” in early January 2021 for the Diné people as Indigenous communities, and the county, buckle down against the rapidly spreading omicron variant.

Navajo Nation President authorizes $576M in COVID-19 stimulus for Diné communities as omicron surges

Volunteer-led aid groups in Utah’s San Juan County, which have helped Utah’s Diné people through the pandemic, are preparing for long-term response solutions.

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