MISSION — A day after Gov. Kate Brown announced she was banning indoor social gatherings larger than 10 people to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation made a similar call.

According to a press release, the Tribes’ COVID-19 Incident Command Team is immediately banning all indoor and outdoor gatherings larger than 10 people, with a specific exemption for businesses on the reservation.

The CTUIR is discouraging residents from attending in-person gatherings, and if they do, to wear a face mask if they can’t maintain 6 feet of distance between themselves and others.

In past announcements, the CTUIR has attributed past COVID-19 cases to residents attending mass gatherings.

Following a long streak of no reported cases in the initial months of the pandemic, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center is now reporting 33 cases on the reservation as of Tuesday, July 14.