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By Leonardo Benassatto and Ueslei Marcelino YAUARETÊ, Brazil (Reuters) - An army helicopter flew to two isolated indigenous villages in Brazil s Amazon jungle this week with a welcome cargo - coronavirus vaccines. The Hupda communities lined up to get their shots. Traditional medicine prescribed by a shaman is highly respected here, but there was no resistance to receiving the vaccine by China s Sinovac Biotech. We are grateful for the vaccination, so we will not catch the disease, said Hupda chieftain Jorge Pires in the village of Santo Antanasio, near the Colombian border and a 25-minute helicopter flight from the nearest military outpost. Following criticism by indigenous leaders that echoed internationally last year that their vulnerable communities were being decimated by COVID-19, Brazil s Health and Defense ministries have mounted a vaccination campaign reaching remote reservations and villages. So far 265,244 indigenous people have had a first dose, and 124,063 the second dose

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