A Yanomami indigenous boy has been diagnosed with COVID-19, sparking fears that the coronavirus is spreading throughout Indigenous communities in the Amazon.
A Yanomami Indigenous boy has been diagnosed with COVID-19, sparking fears that the coronavirus is spreading throughout Indigenous communities in the Amazon.
The 15-year-old from the north-eastern Brazilian state of Roraima is the seventh Indigenous person to be diagnosed in the Amazon - Brazil's Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health said the boy was admitted to an intensive care unit after he presented with shortness of breath, a fever, a sore throat and pain in his chest.The boy reportedly travelled back to the 26,000-strong Yanomami reserve in the Amazon in March when his school halted classes due to the spread of the virus.
The new diagnosis has ignited fears that Indigenous communities in the Amazon will not be able to withstand a significant outbreak of COVID-19.
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