The chief of the Sapukai village, located in Angra dos Reis, died on Tuesday, after weeks of hospitalization by COVID-19. Domingos Venite, 68, was hospitalized in an ICU. The Sapukai village, of the Guarani ethnic group, is the largest in the state, with approximately 500 inhabitants, and already has 88 confirmed cases of the disease, according to data from the Angra Prefecture.
So far, 542 Indigenous people have died from COVID-19 in this South American country. Guaraní chief Domingos Venite passed away after almost a month in the hospital. He was the leader of the Sapukai Village, which has 88 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus among its 500 settlers. According to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (APIB), until last Sunday, 542 indigenous people died from COVID-19. The death of the Guaraní chief Venite is the second in Rio de Janeiro.
Over 16,000 COVID-19 cases have been registered among 143 Indigenous communities in Brazil. The APIB has described as “humiliating” the government approach to the pandemic among the Indigenous peoples.
So far, 542 Indigenous people have died from COVID-19 in this South American country. Guaraní chief Domingos Venite passed away after almost a month in the hospital. He was the leader of the Sapukai Village, which has 88 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus among its 500 settlers. According to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (APIB), until last Sunday, 542 indigenous people died from COVID-19. The death of the Guaraní chief Venite is the second in Rio de Janeiro.
Over 16,000 COVID-19 cases have been registered among 143 Indigenous communities in Brazil. The APIB has described as “humiliating” the government approach to the pandemic among the Indigenous peoples.
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