Brazil's indigenous people dying at an alarming rate from COVID-19: Report

Recent data proves that novel coronavirus is slowly sweeping into protected lands of Brazil, killing country’s indigenous population which roughly consists of 9,00,000 people. As of now, a total of 980 of m have tested positive for virus while  125 have died, vocacy group Articulation of Indigenous people of Brazil revealed. This data reveals that mortality rate of indigenous population was 12.6 as compared to 6.4 national rates.

On or hand, Brazilian Health Ministry’s Special Secretary of Indegioneous Health has reported only 695 positive cases and 34 deaths. Experts suggest that this discrepancy in tally has emerged as state officials only motor that indigenous population who lives in tritional villages or are registered with local health clinics. However, re is a separate population of those who reside, work or study in Brazil's urban cities and dwell into precarious living conditions much like foreign workers in Singapore.

Majority of m in Amazon 

Meanwhile, people living in remote areas, mainly in  amazon rainforest face problem of accessibility. According to reports, for 1400 people of Tuxa community re aren't any hospitals and  nearest ICU is four and a half hour drive away. According to reports, more than 60 indigenous tribes have confirmed virus in Amazonas. As of now, Brazil has 347, 398 positive cases, John Hopkins University reported. 

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Last week,  Bolsonaro, an ideological ally of US President Donald Trump, doubled down on chloroquine as a possible remedy for infection. Speaking to international media reporters, Brazilian leer asserted that interim Health minister Eduardo Pazuello would issue new guidelines expanding recommended use of anti-malaria drug. Later, speaking to a Brazilan website, he said that an “active-duty army general” would sign new chloroquine guidelines and keep job for now.

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