(ANSA) - SAINT PAUL, MAY 20 - After 69 days from the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, the disease has already affected 44 tribes of Brazilian Indians, according to the Article of the indigenous peoples of Brazil (Apib), which follows the progress of the virus through the Committee national for indigenous lavita and memory, which recorded 610 cases of infection and 103 deaths.
The latest epidemiological bulletin from the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (Sesai), linked to the Ministry of Health, instead indicates 402 confirmed cases and 23 deaths.
For the experts of the indigenous cause, the difference between data is due to the fact that the government excludes gliindios living in urban areas from the count.
According to Abip, the state that concentrates the most deaths among the Indians is that of Amazonas (north), with 78 cases.
Coronavirus: Brazil, 44 tribes affected
2020-05-20T10:40:59.751Z
After 69 days from the coronavirus pandemic declaration, the disease has already affected 44 tribes of Brazilian Indians, according to the Articulation of the indigenous peoples of Brazil (Apib), which follows the progress of the virus through the National Committee ... (ANSA )