Covid-19 fears grow for indigenous South Americans as Yanomami teen tests positive
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#51X0P)
Fifteen-year-old boy is one of seven indigenous Brazilians to test positive for coronavirus in three Amazon states
Fears over the devastating impact coronavirus could have on South America's indigenous communities have grown after a teenager from Brazil's Yanomami people tested positive for the illness in the Amazon.
The 15-year-old is reportedly being treated in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima, the northern Brazilian state where much of the Yanomami reserve is located.
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