Amazonas has more indigenous people than any other state in Brazil, and they are vulnerable to diseases brought in from outside because their immune systems have not been exposed to them.
So far 3 indigenous people are known to have died of COVID-19 and 15 of 31 infected with the virus are being treated in Manaus.
The Bolsonaro government has offered to build a field hospital just for indigenous people but local authorities are still waiting for this project to get going.The health expert Albuquerque said the state needs help yesterday. "If we could snap our fingers and say, 'let's have it all ready tomorrow,' that would be the ideal timeframe," he said.
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