I’ve been dreading this news ever since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Brazil on February 25th. Now it has happened. After testing positive for coronavirus, Alvanei Xirixana, a 15 year old Yanomami boy died on April 10th in the hospital in Roraima, the Brazilian state where most of the Yanomami territorial reserve is located. The teenager complained of chest pains, difficulty breathing, a sore throat and a fever. Reportedly, his community had to threaten the health team after his transportation request was denied in order to have him taken to the General Hospital of Roraima. When he arrived at the hospital, he was sent to the intensive care unit and intubated. The boy was from a community on the Uraricoera river which has long been plagued by gold miners.

As of December 31st, there are over 1600 confirmed cases…
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