Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app on Friday aimed at alerting indigenous communities to the spread of the ...
Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire, 90, of the Kayapo people, was released from hospital after treatment for coronavirus: several indigenous leaders have succumbed to the disease AFP/NICOLAS TUCATSAO PAULO: Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app on Friday aimed at alerting indigenous communities to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in their lands.
Provided free on the Android system, the app uses data from Brazil's health ministry, people working in the indigenous health system, leaders from indigenous organizations and the COIAB network. With four million cases and 125,000 deaths amongst its 212 million population, Brazil is the worst affected country in the world by the virus after the United States.Amongst the 900,000 indigenous people there have been 30,000 infections and 785 deaths, according to The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil
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