Alarm as Covid-19 reaches recently contacted Amazon tribe
by Dan Collyns in Lima from on (#55RPM)
- Activists fear devastation as virus arrives at indigenous reserve
- At least six coronavirus cases among isolated Nahua people
The Covid-19 virus has reached a remote reserve for recently contacted indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon, despite efforts to shield the extremely vulnerable population from the pandemic.
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