The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manaus

COVID-19 Spreads Through 40 Indigenous Tribes in the Amazon, Experts Fear An Outbreak Might Lead to Extinction

The indigenous tribes living in Ecuador and Brazil have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many fear an uncontrollable outbreak may lead to ethnocide.
Ecuador's Waorani tribe waist outside a courtroom in the provincial court of Pastaza, Ecuador.

First COVID-19 Case Recorded, 17-Year-Old Pregnant Woman from an Indigenous Amazon Tribe of Ecuador

By Olive Marie
Health officials, on Sunday, announced that a member of one of the indigenous Amazon tribes of Ecuador has been found to be the country's first-ever tribesperson to be infected with COVID-19.
Members of the Mashco-Piro tribe

'It will be a true genocide': Indigenous Tribes Blockaded Villages Amid Coronavirus Threat

By Danielle Ong
Indigenous communities in South America have begun blockading their villages amid the looming COVID-19 threat.
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