First Yanomami Covid-19 death raises fears for Brazil's indigenous peoples

Acutely vulnerable population at risk as wildcat miners in Amazon reserve suspected as source of infection that killed 15-year-old A Yanomami teenager has reportedly died after contracting Covid-19, further fuelling fears over the disease's potential to decimate indigenous communities in the Amazon. The victim - who health authorities named as 15-year-old Alvanei Xirixana - died on Thursday night after spending almost a week in intensive care in Boa Vista, a Brazilian city near the Yanomami's Po...