[2][1] A June 2020 report concluded that the high rate of COVID-19 infection on the Navajo Nation is influenced by a multitude of underlying issues prevalent on the reservation, such as lack of access to quality healthcare, poverty, and community behavior.

[7] On February 27, the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Preparedness Team was established to coordinate efforts to raise awareness and arrange preparations for the virus.

At this time, Michael D. Weahkee, the Assistant Surgeon General and principal deputy director of the Indian Health Service (IHS), said that the risk of contracting COVID-19 was "low".

The Relief Fund provides aid to elders raising their grandchildren, struggling families, single parents, and those with compromised immune systems.

[11] This fund would later receive huge attention from Irish citizens who raised over 1.8 million dollars on May in remembrance of indigenous solidarity and charity donation given to them during the Great Famine from the Choctaw Nation in 1847.

[12] The Navajo Nation is on portions of the U.S. states of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico.

[13] The Navajo Gaming Board of Directors temporarily closed all casino facilities beginning March 17.

[14] The pandemic reached the Navajo Nation on March 17 after a 46-year old from Chilchinbito, Arizona (Tsii'chin Bii' Tó) tested positive for COVID-19.

[19] On March 20, President Jonathan Nez issued a stay-at-home order for the entire Navajo Nation after 14 cases of the coronavirus were confirmed, with an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew enforced.

[21] Effective on March 20, all visitation and in-person volunteer activities were suspended at the Coconino County Detention Facility.

Coconino National Forest started enforcing closed high-traffic hiking trails and recreational sites by issuing citations.

Navajo Nation Police also began issuing fines and citations to those violating the imposed curfew.

[26] On April 7, a man in Page, Arizona was arrested on a felony charge on suspicion of attempting to incite an act of terrorism for claiming on a Facebook post that Navajo peoples were all infected with COVID-19 and called for the use of "lethal force" against Navajo to stop the virus from spreading.

[29][30] At that point, there were 698 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 24 deaths, among members of the Navajo Nation living in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

[38] As of May 18, the Navajo Nation surpassed New York as the most affected U.S. region per capita,[39][4] with 4,071 positive COVID-19 tests and 142 fatalities recorded.

[40] By the end of Memorial Day weekend, Navajo police had issued nearly 1,000 curfew citations.

[21] During the pandemic Zachary Fuentes, the former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, created the company Zach Fuentes LLC and received a $3 million contract from the Indian Health Service to provide protective face masks to hospitals on the Navajo Nation, 11 days after creating the company.

[41][42] US House of Representatives members Gerry Connolly and Ruben Gallego called for an investigation of the contract, and principal deputy inspector general Christi Grimm of the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that the office would contact Connolly for more information on the matter.

[5][6] On June 18, the Navajo County jail in Holbrook, Arizona reported 3 infected inmates with the disease.

For the duration of the extended date, government offices and related entities remained closed on the Navajo Nation.

For the duration of this public health order, the Navajo Nation's roads are declared to be closed from Visitors and Tourists.

Several provisions took into effect as a result, such as extending Stay-At-Home orders, daily curfews, essential business operational hours, and restrictions against gatherings with individuals from outside one's household.

Article also reports that the Navajo Department of Health identified 21 communities with uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 from Feb.

They have further supported vaccination efforts by providing trusted care services, which are culturally catered to the Navajo people.

[84] On March 29, 2020, the Navajo Health Command Operations Center established business guidelines upholding safe and preventative COVID-19 measures.

[87] On April 26, 2021, The Navajo Health Command Operations Center shared reopening guidelines for tour businesses.

[85] From the CARES Act fund, the Navajo Nation Council distributed $60,000,000 to its Division of Economic Develop (DED).

[88] San Juan County, New Mexico, reduced the number of voting convenience centers from 32 to 9, and translators will only be available at four locations.

[90] In 2022, the Navajo Nation Department of Health advised voters to wear masks, wash hands, maintain 6 feet of physical distance, have up-to-date vaccinations, and to stay home if they were experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.