Bangkok — Games, songs and tourism bans are some of the measures that authorities and human rights groups from Australia to India are using to keep indigenous people safe from the coronavirus.
“We know from the 2009 H1N1 outbreak that the Aborigine population had a death rate of four times that of the general population,” said Blair McFarland, operations manager at non-profit Central Australia Youth Link Up Service . Authorities in Australia have asked people, including tourists, to avoid travelling to remote indigenous areas, and advised older community members to self-isolate.
On India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, a highway that passes through indigenous territory on the Andaman island has brought members of a remote community in close contact with the general population.
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