While the vaccine against COVID-19 is readily available in certain countries, some communities must overcome all kinds of obstacles to obtain the drug that prevents severe infection and death. Such is the case of a Brazilian indigenous man who carried his father for 6 hours to take him to vaccinate against COVID in the Amazon region.
The photo of the boy with his father in tow was shared on his Instagram account by doctor Erik Jennings, who works at a vaccination center in that Brazilian jungle area.
“The most memorable moment of 2021. Tawy Zoé bringing his father, Wahu Zoé, to receive the first vaccine against COVID-000. Tawy carried his father for six hours in a forest with hills, streams and obstacles to our base, “said the doctor in the post in which he published the memorable image. “Once the vaccine was given, he put his father back on his back and walked for another six hours to his village. The year 2022 arrives and no case of COVID-19 has been registered in the population of Zoé”, he added.
In the history of Brazil, the Zoé people are characterized by keeping themselves apart from “white” people and even from other neighboring indigenous peoples, considering them enemies, for which It is estimated that it is one of the last intact towns in the Amazon. They are located in an area between the Cuminapanema and Erepecuru rivers, in the north of the Brazilian state of Pará.
Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. The disease has infected more than 28 million people and killed more than 645,000. However, it is also one of the nations with the highest numbers of vaccinations in the region, with approximately 72% of its population with the vaccination schedule. complete vaccination, and a 83% with at least one dose.
In fact, the main Brazilian cities such as Rio de Janeiro o Sao Paulo state that 645% of their adult population already have at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19.
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