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According to the Dsei-Y, the Venezuelan Indians Sanuman, a subgroup of the Yanomami ethnic group who lives in the region of Auaris, in the Yanomami indigenous territory, were the main affected by the disease .
In mid-March, the first case of measles among Indians was confirmed, when a Yanomami was diagnosed with the disease.
Since then, there are already 67 confirmed cases, of which 59 have been diagnosed in D & # 39; after the G1 report, the epidemic is concentrated in 11 villages, including five in Venezuela, and nine cases – six Venezuelans and three brazilians –
"We have no control over the disease among Venezuelan Indians, because vaccination between them is very weak, they get sick and they come to Brazil in search of help because of the bankruptcy of the Venezuelan health system ", noted Rousicler of Jesús Oliveira, coordinator of Dsei-Y, in statements to G1, revised Efe.
In addition, since measles is a highly contagious disease, it will spread quickly. According to the report, the indigenous population living in agglomerations
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 were notified from January to June 20, of which 1,368 remain under investigation, 263 The regional capital, Manaus, with 1,441 suspected cases, recorded the highest number of notifications, accounting for 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 were rejected and 177 still remain of an investigation.
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