Indigenous people on the border with Brazil are affected by measles

July 14, 2018 12:13 pm
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Updated on July 14, 2018 12:44

The Yanomani ethnic group, located on the border between Venezuela and Brazil, presents 67 cases of measles confirmed only among the indigenous populations of the region, according to data from the Yanomami and Iekuana Special Health District (Dsei-Y). Saturday by the portal G1 .

The Venezuelan Indians Sanuman, a subgroup of the Yanomami ethnic group who lives in the region of Auaris, in the Yanomami native land, were the main affected by the disease, agreed with the Dsei-Y.

In mid-March, the first case of measles among Indians was confirmed, when a Yanomami was diagnosed with the disease.

Since then, there have been 67 confirmed cases, of which 59 were diagnosed among Venezuelan Sanuma Indians and seven among Brazilian Indians.

According to the report of G1 the epidemic is concentrated in 11 villages, including five in Venezuela, and nine cases, including six in Colombia. "We have no control over the disease among Venezuelan Indians, because vaccination among them is very low, they get sick and they come to Brazil in search of help because of the bankruptcy of the system. of Venezuelan health, "said Rousicler de Jesús Oliveira, coordinator of Dsei-Y, in statements to G1 .

Measles is a highly contagious disease and spreads rapidly among them According to the report, indigenous populations live in settlements.

According to Brazilian government data, only in the Amazon, one of the states that make up the Amazon Basin, 1,756 cases of the disease were notified On June 20, of which 1,368 remain under investigation, 263 were confirmed and 125 were rejected.