Fear of COVID-19 vaccine grows in Brazil’s remote Amazon
[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Navigating complex waterways to reach remote communities in the Brazilian Amazon is just the first challenge for Waldir Bittencourt, a nurse immunizing indigenous and riparian peoples against COVID-19. Once there, he faced something he hadn’t anticipated: fear of the vaccine. “It’s a recent phenomenon among indigenous peoples, due to … Read more