Hoopa Valley Tribe press release:

There are currently six cases of COVID-19 active on the Hoopa Valley Reservation.

In response, the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council has decided to shut down non-emergency operations for the next 14 days to allow for contact tracing to be completed as well as for individual travel departments to create re-opening safety plans.

The Tribe has reestablished an Incident Management Team to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on the Hoopa Valley Reservation and residents are urged to keep up-to-date with the OES website.

Phone number for the COVID-19 hotline is (530) 625-8100. This phone line is monitored and you may call with any questions and assistance request. Department staff will follow up on your message at the earliest opportunity.

K’ima:w Medical Center would like to remind the community that travel outside of Humboldt County is restricted and that you must have an approved travel safety plan. Safety plans can be obtained in person at K’ima:w Medical Center or by calling the COVID-19 hotline.

K’ima:w Medical Center would like to remind the community that travel outside of Humboldt County is restricted and that you must have an approved travel safety plan. Safety plans can be obtained in person at K’ima:w Medical Center or by calling the COVID-19 hotline.

Please be aware that all residents of the Hoopa Valley are subject to the Hoopa Tribe’s Title 72 Emergency Management Ordinance. Please read the ordinance so that you are aware of what restrictions are in place such as no large public gatherings, following curfew, etc.

Regular PSAs will be updated through the Hoopa OES website, local news outlets and on the sandwich boards placed throughout the community.

The Incident Management Team will do its best while working with Eva Smith, MD/PhD, Public Health Officer to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information possible.

Issued by Patrick Jackson, PIO COVID-19 incident management team.