COVID-19: an existential threat for Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Theodor Borrmann, PreventionWeb 7-21-20 “The guardians of the forests are in danger!”, Tuntiak Katan observes at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. His warning still echoes and reverberates in my head. Over the last three months, the coronavirus...
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Brazil Health Workers May Have Spread Coronavirus to Indigenous People Manuela Andreoni, Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado 7-19-20 The telltale symptoms began in late May, about a week after government medical workers made a routine visit to the Kanamari Indigenous community in a remote part of the Amazon:...
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Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply Scott Wallace, National Geographic 6-15-20 With the coronavirus spreading into remote territories across the Brazilian Amazon, indigenous leaders and rights officials are pleading with the government to adopt urgent measures to head off a catastrophe. According to figures compiled...
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Três indígenas Kanamari testam positivo para Covid-19 dentro do Vale do Javari, no Amazonas Elaíze Farias 6-7-20 Um dia após a retirada de profissionais de saúde contaminados da aldeia São Luís, na Terra Indígena Vale do Javari, fronteira do Amazonas com o Peru, três indígenas Kanamari testaram positivo...
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Profissionais de saúde do Vale do Javari com Covid-19 são removidos às pressas de terra indígena Elaíze Farias 6-4-20 Às 5 horas desta quinta-feira (04), um enfermeiro, dois técnicos de enfermagem e um agente de combate a endemias deixaram às pressas a aldeia São Luís, onde funciona o...
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