Indigenous Brazilians fight COVID-19 with traditional medicine

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COVID-19 is spreading throughout Brazil, including in the Amazon region.

Indigenous communities have been especially hard hit by the virus, yet they receive little help from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI.

With limited access to food and healthcare, some native communities rely on traditional medicines to fight off COVID-19 symptoms.