Brazil creates Commission against Covid for indigenous peoples | News
The National Council of the Secretary of Health (Conass) of Brazil confirmed on Tuesday the creation of a Commission against the coronavirus in indigenous peoples, which had the approval of President Bolsonaro, who for two years has denied the dangerousness of the pandemic.
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A judge of the Supreme Federal Court had ordered this measure to be carried out in July 2020 due to the spread of the virus throughout the world, however it was not until this date that said Commission was created.
The decree published this Tuesday asserts that the committee will be in charge of adopting measures for the protection of indigenous peoples, especially the 115 that are isolated in their communities.
Bolsonaro criou or Management Committee of Covid-19 Coping Plans for the poor indigenous people. What a pity that the fez isso TWO YEARS from the beginning of the pandemic. Foram two years of nenhuma strategy of protection for original years. Isso I thought. Isso é policy of death!
- Alexandre Padilha (@padilhando)
January 11, 2022
According to data provided by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, since the beginning of the pandemic, about 1,250 people have perished from the disease and more than 63,000 cases have been identified.
It is worth mentioning that several indigenous leaders presented to the International Criminal Court (ICC) complaints against Bolsonaro for crimes of humanity and genocide, for not protecting indigenous peoples due to the entry of people outside the environment to extract mineral resources illegally in areas in the that the activity is prohibited.
Brazil has accumulated more than 22 million infections since the start of the pandemic and at least 618,000 people have died as a result of Covid-19.
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