A remote Amazonian tribe has recorded its first coronavirus case

[riversedge]

Source: msn.com



Rosie Perper 6 hrs ago
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Brazilian health officials confirmed the first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, among the remote Yanomami tribe in the Amazon.

Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said at a press conference on Wednesday that a 15-year-old boy from the indigenous tribe has tested positive for the disease.
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Mandetta said that the case was "worrying," particularly because of the remote community's separation from the outside world.

According to Brazilian newspaper Globo, the boy was admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital in Roraima, Brazil's northernmost state located in the Amazon region, on April 3. He reported shortness of breath, fever, chest pain, and sore throat. ..........................

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that bugger is everywhere!! Be careful everyone.

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[eShirl]

1. They're remote but not completely isolated.

[jimmyzvoice]

2. All they need is one visitor who has the virus!

[FakeNoose]

5. Or an animal

Nobody is testing the wildlife, and there's no way to know if it's spreading or mutating between species.

[hlthe2b]

3. ...

[ck4829]

4. I see some people who call this "mother nature's revenge", you can tell it's not...

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These are among the people who take the least from the Earth. I would venture to say it's "nil" and with the fact they are in conflict with loggers and rubber tappers, it's probably a boon they exist.

[Withywindle]

9. They're pretty much the last line of protection for the Amazon

And Bolsonaro wants them all dead so his logging and mining and big agriculture cronies can destroy everything with no limits. They were very much under threat of genocide before the virus came.

[imavoter]

6. article didnt mention

how he got it

[riversedge]

8. I wondered about that also.

[Shermann]

7. Avoid the bat soup! nt

[Demovictory9]

10. too bad