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In Brazil's Amazon, isolated indigenous people welcome COVID vaccine
By , YAUARETÊ, Brazil (Reuters) - An army helicopter flew to two isolated indigenous villages in Brazil’s Amazon jungle this week with a welcome cargo - coronavirus vaccines.Slideshow The Hupda communities lined up to get their shots.Traditional medicine prescribed by a shaman is highly respected here, but there was no resistance to receiving the vaccine by China’s Sinovac Biotech.“We are grateful for the vaccination, so we will not catch the disease,” said Hupda chieftain Jorge Pires in the village of Santo Antanasio, near the Colombian border and a 25-minute helicopter flight from the...…By , YAUARETÊ, Brazil (Reuters) - An army helicopter flew to two isolated indigenous villages in Brazil’s Amazon jungle this week with a welcome cargo - coronavirus vaccines.Slideshow The Hupda communities lined up to get their shots.Traditional medicine prescribed by a shaman is highly respected here, but there was no resistance to receiving the vaccine by China’s Sinovac Biotech.“We are grateful for the vaccination, so we will not catch the disease,” said Hupda chieftain Jorge Pires in the village of Santo Antanasio, near the Colombian border and a 25-minute helicopter flight from the...WW…
Brazil's Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally amid alarm over handling of coronavirus
By , BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic.The right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing the threat of the virus in Brazil, which has registered 101,147 confirmed cases and 7,025 deaths, according to the most recent data from the Health Ministry.On Sunday, dozens of...…By , BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases blew past 100,000 in Brazil, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the pandemic.The right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing the threat of the virus in Brazil, which has registered 101,147 confirmed cases and 7,025 deaths, according to the most recent data from the Health Ministry.On Sunday, dozens of...WW…
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