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Indigenous leaders warn of missionaries turning Amazon villages against vaccines By Reuters – Up News Info
© Reuters. Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Amazon By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Medical teams working to immunize Brazil’s remote indigenous…
By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Medical teams working to immunize Brazil’s remote indigenous villages against the coronavirus have encountered fierce resistance in some communities where evangelical missionaries are stoking fears of the vaccine, say tribal leaders and advocates.
On the São Francisco reservation in the state of Amazonas, Jamamadi villagers sent health workers packing with bows and arrows when they visited by helicopter this month, said Claudemir da Silva, an Apurinã leader…
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