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The ethnic group Yanomani located on the border between Brazil and Venezuela already has 67 cases of measles confirmed only among the indigenous populations of the region, according to Data Yanomami Special Health District and Iekuana Indigenous Health (Dsei-Y) Revealed This Saturday by G1 Portal
According to Dsei-Y, the Venezuelan Indigenous People Sanuman a subgroup of the Yanomami ethnic group who lived in the region of Auaris in the Yanomami indigenous land, was the main affected by the disease.
Mid-March, the first case of measles was confirmed among the Indians, when a Yanomami was diagnosed with the disease.
Since then, 67 cases have already been confirmed of which 59 were diagnosed among Venezuelan Sanuma Indians and seven among Brazilian Indians. [19659002] According to the G1 report, the epidemic is concentrated in 11 villages, including five in Venezuela, and nine cases – including six indigenous Venezuelans and three Brazilians – are waiting to be confirmed.
" We have no control over the disease among Venezuelan natives, because vaccination among them is very small they get sick and come to Brazil in search of help in because of the bankruptcy of the Venezuelan health system, "said Rousicler de Jesús Oliveira, coordinator Dsei.And, in statements to G1
In addition, since measles is a highly contagious disease, it spreads rapidly among the population indigenous because of life in agglomerations, according to the report.
Data from the Brazilian government indicate that only in Amazonas one of the states that make up the Amazon basin, 1,756 cases of the disease was notified from January to June 20, of which 1,368 under investigation, 263 were confirmed and 125 rejected
The regional capital, Manaus with 1441 suspected cases, recorded the largest number of notifications, or 82.1% of occurrences.
In the state of Roraima border with Venezuela, 412 cases of measles were notified during the same period, of which 200 were confirmed, 35 rejected and 177 are still under investigation .
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