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Brazil's court rules govt must protect indigenous tribes from coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS | Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro’s government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus to the country’s vulnerable indigenous communities.

A majority of the justices voted to give the government 30 days to draw up a plan to reduce the threat to indigenous people from Covid-19, which could wipe out some tribes...

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