News and Update

• April 26, 2021 – COVID-Navajo Nation Safe Practices: Reopening Guidelines for Tour Businesses

June

• June 17, 2020 – Navajo Department of Health issues new Public Health Order for two 57-hour weekend lockdowns and limits travel outside the Navajo Nation
• June 8, 2020 – Navajo Department of Health issues new Public Health Orders to allow “drivein” gatherings with safety protocols and extends duration of daily curfew

May

• May 5, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 85 new COVID-19 cases, and six new deaths
• May 5, 2020 – The Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 101 new COVID-19 cases, and no new deaths
• May 2, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 66 new COVID-19 cases, and no new deaths
• May 1, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 166 new COVID-19 cases, and two new deaths



April

• April 30, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 164 new COVID-19 cases, and nine new deaths
• April 29, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, and two new death
• April 28, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, and one new death
• April 27, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 1,769 total COVID-19 cases, and 59 total deaths
• April 24, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 180 new COVID-19 cases, and six new deaths
• April 23, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 78 new COVID-19 cases, and 6,473 total negative tests
• April 22, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center reports 76 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on the Navajo Nation
• April 21, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center confirms 1,206 total positive COVID-19 cases and 48 total deaths on the Navajo Nation
• April 20, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirms 124 new positive COVID-19 cases
• April 18, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center confirms a total of 1,197 positive COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation
• April 17, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 85 new cases as second 57-Hour Weekend Curfew takes effect on Navajo Nation
• April 16, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 121 new cases, announcement of Official Navajo Nation Donation Site
• April 16, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Announces Extension of 57-Hour Weekend Curfew for Additional Two Weekends
• April 10, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 39 new cases of COVID-19, total now to 597
• April 9, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 70 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, total now to 558
• April 8, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 64 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, bringing total to 488
• April 7, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 42 new cases of COVID-19, total now to 426
• April 6, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 30 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, total now to 384
• April 5, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 33 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, bringing total to 354
• April 3, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 29 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, total now to 270
• April 1, 2020 - Navajo Nation Health Command Operations Center Confirmed 40 new cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19, bringing total to 214



January - March

• March 30, 2020 – Navajo Nation Health Command Center Confirmed 174 Cases of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19
• March 30, 2020-20 new cases and three more deaths related to COVID-19reported, Medical stations being established in Chinle and Tuba City
• March 29,2020 - SAFE BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PREPAREDNESS GUIDELINES DURING “THE FIRST OF THE MONTH”
• March 21, 2020 – Total confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 26 as Navajo Nation’s “Stay at Home Order” goes into effect.
• March 18, 2020 – Third Member of the Navajo Nation tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
• March 17, 2020 – Second Member of the Navajo Nation tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
• March 17, 2020 – Member of the Navajo Nation tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
• March 13, 2020 – Nez-Lizer Announce Temporary Reduction in Government Services.
• March 11, 2020 – Navajo Nation Declares Public Health State of Emergency.
• March 11, 2020 – Navajo Nation President Nez and Vice President Lizer issue Off Reservation Travel Restrictions for Executive Branch Employees.
• March 3, 2020 – Arizona State Public Health Laboratory Confirms One Presumptive Positive Case of COVID-19 in Maricopa County.
• February 28, 2020 – Navajo Nation COVID-19 Preparedness Team established to address coronavirus precautionary efforts.
• February 6, 2020 – San Juan Public Health and Utah Navajo Health System are Coordinating on Local Coronavirus Prevention Efforts
• January 26, 2020 - Nez-Lizer caution Navajo public of the spread of the potentially deadly novel coronavirus.
• PRESS RELEASE – Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc. Encourages Community to Seek Information about Novel Coronavirus from Center of Disease Control sources
• January 26, 2020 – Public Health Agencies Confirm 2019 Coronavirus Case in Arizona

• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-010 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order and Updating Gathering Limits
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-009 Updating the Mandate to Wear Masks in Indoors, Including Schools and Businesses, Due to COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-008 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order, Updating Gathering Limits, Introducing School and Business Guidelines and Declaring “Medium Risk” for the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Status
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-007 Updating the Mandate to Wear Masks in Indoors and Outdoors (less than 6 feet), Including Schools and Businesses, Due to COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-06 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Yellow” for Schools
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-05 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order and Updating Gathering Limits
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-04 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Yellow Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-03 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Orange Status” for Schools
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-02 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Red Status” for Schools
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2022-01 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order and Addressing Travel Recommendations
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-020 Public Health Emergency Order Continuing "Orange Status" for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-019 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order and Updating Gathering Limits
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-018 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Orange Status” for Schools
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-017 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Orange Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-016 Public Health Emergency Order Reemphasizing “Safer at Home” Order and Gathering Limits, and Discontinuing Daily Curfew
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-015 Clarifying the Mandate to Wear Masks in Public, Including Schools and Businesses, Due to COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-014 Public Health Emergency Order Implementing the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Safe Schools Framework and Declaring “Yellow Status” for Schools
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-013 Public Health Emergency Order Continuing “Yellow Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-012 Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order, Implementing a “Safer at Home” Public Health Emergency Order, Revising Gathering Limits and Continuing Daily Curfew
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-011 Public Health Emergency Order Continuing “Yellow Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-010 Revising Daily Curfews and Expanding Gatherings
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-009 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Yellow Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-008 Re-Issuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and Continuing Daily Curfew
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-007 Continuing the “Safer at Home” Public Health Emergency Order; Extending Daily Curfews; Extending Business Hours; Requirements for Drive-in Gatherings
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-006 Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order and Implementing a “Safer at Home” Public Health Emergency Order; Continuing Daily Curfews
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-005 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Orange Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-004 Continuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and Daily Curfews
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-003 Continuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and Daily Curfews
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-002 Continuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and Revising Daily Curfews
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-001 Continuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Lockdown Order for an Additional Two (2) Weeks, Including Full 57-Hour Weekend Lockdowns
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-032 Continuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Lockdown Order for an Additional Two (2) Weeks, Including Full 57-Hour Weekend Lockdowns
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-031 Continuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Lockdown Order for an Additional Three (3) Weeks, including Full 57-Hour Weekend Lockdowns
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-030 Re-issuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Lockdown Order for Three (3) Consecutive Weeks
• Amended Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-029 Public Health Emergency Order Declaring “Red Status” for Businesses
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-028 Public Health Emergency Order Implementing a 56-Hour Weekend Curfew for the Next Two Weekends in November and Closing Most Essential Businesses During the Weekend Curfews Due to Uncontrolled Community Spread of COVID-19 in 29 Communities on the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-027 Public Health Emergency Order Regarding Voting on Election Day on the Navajo Nation During the Current Public Health State of Emergency
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-026 Public Health Emergency Order Implementing Additional 56-Hour Weekend Lockdowns
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-025 Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order and Implementing a “Safer on the Navajo Nation” (Home) Public Health Emergency Order; Revising Daily Curfew Hours; and Implementing 56-Hour Weekend Lockdown
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-024 Regarding Updated Daily Curfew Hours and Implementing Additional 57-Hour Weekend Lockdowns
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-023 Re-issuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and 57-hour Weekend Lockdown
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-022 Public Health Emergency Order Continuing 32‐Hour Weekend Lockdowns in September 2020
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-021 Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Orders and Implementing a “Safer at Home” Public Health Emergency Order, Restating the Requirements for “Drive‐in” Gatherings, Restating the daily and weekend curfew hours, and Reminding Visitors and Tourists Not to Travel to the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-020 Public Health Emergency Order Implementing the Navajo Nation Reopening Plan and Declaring "Orange Status"
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-019 Public Health Emergency Order Regarding Updated Daily Curfew Hours and 32-Hour Weekend Lockdown
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-018 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57 Hours (for the Next Two Weekends) Due to the Alarming Increase in Positive Cases in Areas Surrounding the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-017 - Re-issuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-016 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57 Hours (for the Next Three Weekends) Due to the Alarming Increase in Positive Cases in Areas Surrounding the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-015 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57 Hours (for the Next Two Weekends) and Travel Advisory Outside of the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-014 - "Safer at Home" Public Health Emergency Order and Requirements for "Drive-In" Gatherings
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-013 - Public Health Emergency Order Regarding Daily Curfew
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-012 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57-Hours During the Weekend and Closing Essential Businesses Due to Community Spread of COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-011 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57-Hours During the Weekend and Closing Essential Businesses Due to Community Spread of COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-010 - Locking Down the Navajo Nation for 57-Hours During the Weekend and Closing Essential Businesses Due to Community Spread of COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No.2020-009 - Regarding Voting on the Navajo Nation During the Current Public Health State of Emergency
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-008 - Extending the 57-hours Weekend Curfew for Two Additional Weekends in April
• Public Health Emergency Order Mandating Use of Masks in Public Due to COVID-19 No. 2020-007
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-006 Extending the 57-hours Weekend Curfew for Two Additional Weekends in April
• Public Health Emergency Order Implementing a 57-Hour Weekend Curfew from 8:00 P.M. on Friday, April 10 to 5:00 A.M. on Monday April 13 Due to the Community Spread of COVID-19
• Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-004 - Implementing a Curfew, Extending the March 20, 2020 Stay at Home
• Public Health Emergency Stay at Home No. 2020-003 - Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order for all Residents of the Navajo Nation
• Public Health Emergency No. 2020-002 - Requring Closure of the Chilchinbeto Community for Quarantine and Isolation
• Public Health Emergency No. 2020-001 - Limit Mass Gatherings and Gatherings Due to COVID-19

• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 007-2021 NAVAJO NATION STATE OF EMERGENCY; MANDATING COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR NAVAJO NATION EMPLOYEES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 004-2021 EXECUTICE ORDER RELATED TO NAVAJO NATION STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS RESUMING SERVICES OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 003-2021 EXTENDING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; AND DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISE IN COVID-19 CASES, LIMITING SERVICES OF THE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT AND RELATED ENTITIES,EFFECTIVE JANUARY 25, 2021 TO FEBRUARY 7, 2021
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 002-21 EXTENDING THE EXECUITIVE ORDER RELATED TO THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRTUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; AND DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISE IN COVID-19 CASE, LIMITING SERVICERS OF THE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT AND RELATED ENTITIES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2021 to JANUARY 24.2021
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 012-20 EXTENDING THE EXECUITIVE ORDER RELATED TO THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRTUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; AND DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISE IN COVID-19 CASE, LIMITING SERVICERS OF THE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT AND RELATED ENTITIES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 28, 2020 TO JANUARY 10, 2021
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 011-20 RELATED TO THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; AND DUE TO THE RISE IN COVID-19 CASES LIMITING SERVICES OF THE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT AND RELATED ENTITIES, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 7, 2020 TO DECEMBER 27, 2020
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 010-20 RELATED TO THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION: AND DUE TO THE RISE IN COVID-19 CASES CLOSING THE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND REALTED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 008-20 SIXTH EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; FURTHER EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 006-20 FIFTH EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; FURTHER EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 005-20 EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; FURTHER EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 004-20 EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION; FURTHER EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICE
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 003-20 EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION, EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXTEND THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS ON THE NAVAJO NATION, EXTENDING THE CLOSURE OF NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RELATED ENTITIES
• EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 001-20

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