This feature was first broadcast on the BBC World Service
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon hit hard by coronavirus
An Ashaninka village in the Amazonian rain forest Source: Getty
More than one in eight Indigenous people have been infected with COVID-19 in the Amazon region, with a much higher mortality rate than other groups.
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