One-third of the homes across the vast, dry reservation don’t have running water, forcing families to haul it in. “We never thought it would hit us.”By now, the loss is felt across the Navajo Nation. ———If Navajo Nation were its own state, it would have the highest per-capita rate of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in the country, behind only New York. Navajo Nation officials are trying to get people to isolate, putting out statements about coronavirus in English and Navajo, and imposing nightly curfews and weekend lockdowns. “I hear a lot of people saying, ‘Close the borders, shut down, shut down,’” said Jonathan Nez, the Navajo Nation president.

Source: ABC News May 11, 2020 14:37 UTC