VIDEO: More than 80,000 doses have been administered in Arizona. Nearly a quarter of those living on the Navajo Nation, have now been vaccinated with at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
“On Saturday alone, we vaccinated over five thousand people on the Navajo Nation,” said Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez.
President Nez is in Fort Defiance where hundreds more are getting their first dose Thursday.
The Fort Defiance drive-up site has been replicated across the vast Navajo community.
“As they come in, they get registered, they get the registration done for them, those that want it in the Navajo language, that is offered,” said Nez. Details like delivering education surrounding the vaccine in the native tongue, town halls hosted twice a week in English and Navajo, speakers including physicians from the community, local leaders and heavy-hitting guests have led to the successful rollout.