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July 16, 2020

Members of Remote Amazon Tribe Test Positive for Coronavirus
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In the Peruvian Amazon, activists are warning the virus could devastate
isolated Indigenous communities, after six coronavirus cases were
confirmed among the Nahua people. The tribe was only recently contacted,
and its members lack immunity to many viruses, including the common
cold.

In Brazil, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday he's tested
positive for COVID-19 for the second time since falling ill a week ago.
Bolsonaro claims he's taking hydroxychloroquine for the disease - a drug
once touted by President Trump that's been shown by several scientific
studies to provide no benefit against the disease. Brazil's death toll
is now over 75,300. 


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