Coronavirus heads up the Amazon River, sickening native people

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The coronavirus is spreading upriver from the Amazonian city of Manaus, in Brazil, into indigenous reserves.

Worldwide, the pandemic has left indigenous peoples at risk because so many have poorer health and less access to healthcare than non-indigenous peers.

Sao Gabriel Cachoeira quickly reacted to the COVID-19 threat within a week of the World Health Organization’s pandemic declaration by cutting off riverboat and plane arrivals in late March, except for essential goods and soldiers. When it arrived days later, authorities tried but failed to turn passengers away. No quarantine areas were available and some ferry passengers may have brought the virus to Sao Gabriel Cachoeira, Radler said.Get breaking news, investigations, analysis and more signature journalism from the Los Angeles Times in your inbox.Brazil’s Navy authorized the ferry’s trip and passengers were desperate to go home because “they felt exposed and vulnerable” in Manaus, the Lady Luiza’s owner said on Facebook.

One of the first confirmed coronavirus cases was a teacher of Baniwa ethnicity who died after being taken to Manaus for treatment.As of this week, Sao Gabriel Cachoeira had 292 confirmed infections and nearby indigenous reserves had registered their first cases.

 

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It can’t even leave undeveloped areas untouched? God! This should also disabuse rural America that COVID will spare them. It may take longer for it to get there, but once it grabs a foothold....🙁

Disastrously sad!

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