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'I'm so glad that I'm alive today': Robust contact tracing is saving lives of Apache tribal members

As the new coronavirus ravaged the White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona, Eugenia Cromwell did her best to stay home to keep herself safe. Visits to the grocery store and post office were instead passed off to her daughter, with whom she shared a home near Whiteriver.

So it came as a surprise to the 79-year-old Apache woman when she learned in August she tested positive for COVID-19 along with two other people in her home. Knowing the virus could severely impact older adults, Cromwell feared for her life.

More than 15,000 members make up the White Mountain Apache Tribe, whose reservation spans 1.6 million acres of land across Gila, Apache and Navajo counties. Whiteriver, the tribe's largest community and capital, is home to about 4,000 residents.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/10/18/robust-contact-tracing-saving-lives-apache-tribal-members-coronavirus/5712555002/

 

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