Nygren and Navajo Nation Council Delegate Otto Tso, who temporarily is overseeing the tribe’s legislative branch, jointly announced the lifting of the mask mandate on social media Friday evening. Nez credited the mask mandate for the lower coronavirus rates and said he’s praying that COVID-19, RSV, and flu cases don’t rise. Enforcement of the mask mandate had been mixed on the 27,000 square-mile (69,000 square-kilometer) Navajo Nation. He said he suspected a large percentage of patrons haven’t returned because of the mask mandate but might now. “I’m willing to bet a majority of Navajo people are going to keep wearing their masks, mandate or no mandate,” she said.
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