Covid deaths of Yanomami children fuel fears for Brazil's indigenous groups

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Ten Yanomami children have died from Covid-19, fueling fears over the disproportionate impact the coronavirus is having on vulnerable indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon.

It is very concerning that so many kids died in less than one month," said Junior Hekurari Yanomami, the head of Condisi-YY, an indigenous health council.