Amazon Indian tribe hit by swine flu

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Nov 4, 2009

Swine flu has hit an isolated tribe of Indians in the Amazon jungle, with seven dying in the last two weeks, Survival International said on Wednesday. A further 1,000 members of the Yanomami tribe in Venezuela are believed to have caught the flu, the indigenous peoples rights group said.

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