The Corona virus (Covid-19) penetrated the Colombian Amazon, poor, neglected and isolated, from the jungle portal interfering with Brazil, which recorded the largest number of infections in Latin America, to find this indigenous area itself unable to face the epidemic, given its already eroded medical capabilities, amid The indigenous people of Colombia denounced the “danger of extinction” of the local peoples, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of state governments agreed yesterday to allow the reopening of all shops under conditions, and to cancel the opening restrictions that provided for the reopening of stores that do not exceed the area Sold on 800 m Tr square, trying to accelerate a return to normality.
"Our borders are very porous, they can be crossed from several points," said Daniel Oliveira, the Comptroller-General of the Amazonas Administration, whose capital Leticia borders the Brazilian town of Tabatinga.
This administration, located in the southernmost part of the country, records the highest rate of Covid-19 injuries in Colombia, with 30 injuries among 10,000 residents, which is much higher than the capital, Bogotá, which records an average of four injuries among every 10,000 people.
Experts say that this outcome is inferior to reality, given the shortage of necessary tests and laboratories. Amazonas, too, are not connected by road to the rest of the country, so serious cases and samples are transported for analysis by air.
The National Organization of the Indigenous People of Colombia condemned the "danger of extinction" of the local people, of which the indigenous population constituted 58%.
"Here, there is no drinking water, and the health system is very fragile. If the virus spreads here, the numbers of dead will be beyond imagination," Arly Kanyas, from Ethnia Inga, who lives in the Whitepok Reserve, told AFP.
Colombia closed its borders on March 16, and imposed a quarantine since March 25. But Brazil, which has 100,000 casualties and more than 7,000 deaths, has adopted a different policy.
The Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, reduces the seriousness of the pandemic and opposes public isolation, considering that this has serious economic consequences.
Manos, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas where the town of Tabatinga is located, records the highest death rate among the country's 27 state capitals, and is in a state of health disorder.
Half of the first 10 cases recorded in Leticia, the Colombian capital of Amazonas, come from Brazil.
"To get sick here is always something to be feared about, but now we are more afraid than ever," says Johanna Pantivis, 34, a Letizia resident.
The Amazonas administration contains only one hospital, San Rafael, and it does not have an intensive care unit, and it has only eight beds for intermediate care, for 76,589 residents. "Covid-19" originally caused at least 12 deaths in the region, while the country records 8,000 confirmed injuries, including 378 deaths.
A doctor in San Rafael confirms that Leticia contains only two respirators and a bad condition. He said, preferring to remain anonymous: “What do we do, if three patients need oxygen? How do we choose?
Some ethnicities have decided to "prevent entry" of strangers into their reserves, as explains the head of the Association of Indigenous Councils of the Colombian Amazon, Augusto Falcon.
But many live "in poverty in cities, and there people face the greatest danger," according to Falcon.
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia was able to detect 15 injuries and four deaths, including the indigenous leader, Antonio Bolívar, 75, which is the story of the movie "The Devil's Embrace".
"Our priests and our wise men perform rituals to protect our lands, but another kind of knowledge, technological assistance, is also necessary," Arly Kanyas notes.
People most at risk from the virus live in the Colombian Amazon of the informal economy (as 47% of the country’s population), and they must leave their homes to secure a livelihood, despite strict isolation rules.
Between the Brazilian-Colombian border, the Peruvian island of Santa Rosa is located on the Amazon. The three countries enjoy close commercial and social relations in this triple border region, in particular.
Despite the convergence of these three regions, "but each of them is in fact located on the outskirts of the country you belong to," explains Carlos Zarate, coordinator of a group of border studies at the Colombian National University.
And Leticia is located farther from Bogotá, as well as Tabatinga for Brasilia, and Santa Rosa for Lima. They are the most distant regions in terms of distance, but also in terms of state interest. ”
Despite the richness of its biological, cultural and ethnic resources, 34.9% of the Amazonas are in poverty.
In Germany, Merkel and the heads of state governments agreed to reopen all shops, to cut critical stages in the measures to reduce isolation, and gradually return to normalcy, by reopening all shops and schools, and the resumption of the Football League, this May.
Earlier, a draft agreement between the government and provincial officials indicated that these measures became possible with the “new number of new infections” with the new Corona virus “small”, after a first stage of easing the measures on April 20, stating that no “new wave” had been recorded. »For infection yet.
All in all, the first European economy intends to lift most restrictions imposed since March, to curb the spread of the new Corona virus.
With the exception of major sporting and cultural gatherings with an audience, while the borders will remain closed.
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