In the western Navajo Nation, a Dine' elderly patient was hospitalized with the UK variant of the coronavirus, more than one month after being vaccinated.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The UK variant of the coronavirus has been identified on the Navajo Nation, Navajo President Jonathan Nez said in a statement today, March 30, 2021.The Dine' patient had been vaccinated for the coronavirus. The patient received the COVID-19 vaccine more than one month before testing positive for the virus variant.
The elderly patient in the western Navajo Nation was hospitalized and is now at home recovering.
In an interview, Nez said that the Dine' who had the virus was a man in his 80s living in the western area of the Navajo Nation.