'The virus is reaching indigenous territories across Brazil with frightening speed.'
"The virus is reaching indigenous territories across Brazil with frightening speed," the association said in a statement.
The grim news came a day after the indigenous community of Parque das Tribos, outside the northern city of Manaus, held a funeral for its chief, Messias Kokama, who died of COVID-19.Brazil, the Latin American country hit hardest in the pandemic, has seen its death toll spiral. The pandemic is also creating an opening for illegal miners and loggers to encroach on indigenous lands, said rights group Survival International.
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