By Luke Taylor
The Nukak people in Colombia returned to the Amazon in March to distance themselves from the coronavirus outbreak
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Members of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have contracted covid-19, fuelling concerns that the disease could devastate indigenous groups throughout South America including uncontacted tribes in the region. Many fear whole communities could be killed if they contract the virus.
The first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Sepahua, a remote riverside town in the Peruvian Amazon, was reported by the local public health authority on 6 June. Eight days later, the number of cases had increased …
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