Use of Stay-at-Home Orders and Mask Mandates to Control COVID-19 Transmission - Blackfeet Tribal Reservation, June-December 2020

Published on April 8, 2021

This report describes use of stay-at-home orders and mask mandates by the Blackfeet Tribal Reservation as a mitigation effort to reduce COVID-19.

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