EFEBy Tatiana Nevo
Atalaia do Norte, Brazil
1 May 2021
Brazilian Amazon tribe endures hardship in quest for Covid-19 vaccine
A 22 April 2021 photo of members of Brazil's Matis indigenous community during a hunt in in the far-western border town of Atalaia do Norte, Brazil. EFE/Tatiana Nevo
A 22 April 2021 photo showing members of Brazil's remote Matis indigenous community traveling by boat in the far-western border town of Atalaia do Norte, Brazil. EFE/Tatiana Nevo
A 22 April 2021 photo showing members of the remote Matis indigenous community traveling by boat in the far-western border town of Atalaia do Norte, Brazil. EFE/ Tatiana Nevo
Pixi Isma, Kunnin and 35 other members of the Matis indigenous community embarked on a 12-day river journey from their villages in a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon to Atalaia do Norte, the nearest town, to vaccinate themselves against Covid-19.