Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Images courtesy : Aid Joy.
The pandemic has not spared isolated tribes in the Amazon rainforest area of South America known as Loreto in northern Peru. The Amazon rainforest traverses eight countries, one of which is Peru. In order to prevent the virus from quickly sweeping the indigenous peoples in its territory, Peru plans to build a square cabin hospital in the Amazon rainforest.
According to Agence France-Presse, Peru’s Social Health Insurance Agency (EsSalud) said it will build a 100-bed square hospital in Pucallpa, a remote capital of Ucayali bordering Brazil. The operation can be completed within 3 weeks.
The situation of the Amazon rainforest in Peru is now very urgent. The hospital in Iquitos, the largest city, is almost saturated with patients. The local mortuary is also tired of handling a large number of dead bodies. Peruvian authorities said that 220 medical personnel will be urgently deployed to the Amazon rainforest as rescuers.
According to reports, the Amazon rainforest in Peru can be said to have almost no roads, and the main transportation pipelines rely on rivers. Prime Minister Gustavo Zeballos said that he would use "air and land bridge transport" to ensure the supply of important epidemic prevention medical equipment to the local area.
The Peruvian government has also pledged to increase the frequency of flights departing from the capital, Lima, to ensure that the delivery of aid is smoother.
It is currently known that the Loreto region, located north of Ucayali, is a severely affected area in Peru. Loreto is also located in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, with the largest area but the smallest population bordering Ecuador and Brazil.
According to official Peruvian data, there were 88,541 confirmed and 2,532 deaths in its territory, and Loreto had more than 2,250 confirmed and 95 deaths.
In this regard, public health experts warned that SARS-CoV-2 may have a serious impact on indigenous groups in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and other countries. Brazilian public health doctor Sofia Mendonça also said that "if this virus enters the village, it will cause lots of death."
There are about 800,000 indigenous people in Brazil, belonging to more than 300 ethnic groups. Many ethnic groups live in the depths of remote rainforests and are almost immune to foreign diseases. Highly infectious diseases such as measles, smallpox and influenza in the past have destroyed such isolated tribes.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Images courtesy : Aid Joy.
The pandemic has not spared isolated tribes in the Amazon rainforest area of South America known as Loreto in northern Peru. The Amazon rainforest traverses eight countries, one of which is Peru. In order to prevent the virus from quickly sweeping the indigenous peoples in its territory, Peru plans to build a square cabin hospital in the Amazon rainforest.
According to Agence France-Presse, Peru’s Social Health Insurance Agency (EsSalud) said it will build a 100-bed square hospital in Pucallpa, a remote capital of Ucayali bordering Brazil. The operation can be completed within 3 weeks.
The situation of the Amazon rainforest in Peru is now very urgent. The hospital in Iquitos, the largest city, is almost saturated with patients. The local mortuary is also tired of handling a large number of dead bodies. Peruvian authorities said that 220 medical personnel will be urgently deployed to the Amazon rainforest as rescuers.
According to reports, the Amazon rainforest in Peru can be said to have almost no roads, and the main transportation pipelines rely on rivers. Prime Minister Gustavo Zeballos said that he would use "air and land bridge transport" to ensure the supply of important epidemic prevention medical equipment to the local area.
The Peruvian government has also pledged to increase the frequency of flights departing from the capital, Lima, to ensure that the delivery of aid is smoother.
It is currently known that the Loreto region, located north of Ucayali, is a severely affected area in Peru. Loreto is also located in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, with the largest area but the smallest population bordering Ecuador and Brazil.
Image courtesy : UIP
In this regard, public health experts warned that SARS-CoV-2 may have a serious impact on indigenous groups in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and other countries. Brazilian public health doctor Sofia Mendonça also said that "if this virus enters the village, it will cause lots of death."
There are about 800,000 indigenous people in Brazil, belonging to more than 300 ethnic groups. Many ethnic groups live in the depths of remote rainforests and are almost immune to foreign diseases. Highly infectious diseases such as measles, smallpox and influenza in the past have destroyed such isolated tribes.
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