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Deep in the Amazon rainforest, medics offered long-awaited Covid-19 vaccinations on Tuesday to members of Brazil’s indigenous tribes.
Villagers clapped as Isabel Ticuna, 68, became the first to be immunised in Umariacu, a remote village of wooden houses on the banks of the Amazon River.
She was inoculated with the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China’s Sinovac.
Village medic Tarcis Marques Ticuna said it was a collective sigh of relief for a community where more than three dozen residents have died of the disease, and at least 2,000 more are infected.
“I was waiting for this moment, this D-Day and it has finally arrived after so many deaths here and in the world. This is hope for us, the indigenous people.”
Almost 900 native Brazilians died due to Covid-19
Almost 900 native Brazilians died due to Covid-19
Brasilia, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) About 894 members of indigenous villages have died of Covid-19, causing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, according to the most recent report from the Brazil s Indigenous People Articulation (APIB).
APIB also informs that 42,192 natives were reported with the disease and 161 of their towns are affected by the virus.
Such deaths and infections represent the total of the data reported by the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI) and verified by the National Committee for the Life and Memory of Indigenous Peoples, APIB states.
However, the Ministry of Health records to date about 36,124 infections among aboriginal communities. The Government also reported 501 deaths.