Coronavirus 'could wipe out Brazil's indigenous people'

[Judi Lynn]

By Joao Fellet
BBC Brasil
6 April 2020



Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being "wiped out" by the coronavirus, according to health experts.

Respiratory illnesses - such as those that develop from the influenza virus - are already the main cause of death for native communities.

By Sunday 5 April, Brazil had reported more than 11,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 486 deaths.

Infections were initially concentrated in the industrialized state of São Paulo. However, they have now spread across the country, including to indigenous territories in the Amazon basin that are the size of France and Spain combined.

More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52139875

[Laelth]

1. k&r for exposure (forgive the insensitive pun).

This is no laughing matter.

-Laelth

[dhill926]

2. paving the way for even more exploitation...

of the Amazon.

[niyad]

3. KNR for this heartbreaking story.