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The ongoing invasion and destruction of Yanomami land by illegal goldminers means coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the territory.

Since President Bolsonaro took office, his administration has undermined Brazil’s environment agencies and sought to weaken restrictions on protected areas and Indigenous territories.

Two Yanomami men are reported to have been killed by gold miners in northern Brazil, as a massive gold rush brings death, disease and pollution to South America’s largest relatively isolated tribe.

Survival International says that the Yanomami's survival as a people depends on the miners being removed.