Vaccine rollout a “war against time” for Amazon Indigenous groups
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous leaders in the Amazon rainforest urged governments this week to ensure vaccine rollouts reach all tribal communities as a devastating new wave of COVID-19 overwhelms the region’s health systems. Jose Gregorio Diaz, who heads the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA), said his people faced a […]