Abstract

CASTRO, Cláudia Maria Guimarães Lopes de; DAN, Vívian Lara Cáceres; DAN, Évelin Mara Cáceres  and  ARRUDA, Eduarda Cristine Pedro. The situation of vulnerability of indigenous communities and special case of Xinguanos against Covid and due to state omissions. Forum Sociológico [online]. 2021, n.39, pp.53-64.  Epub Dec 07, 2021. ISSN 0872-8380.  https://doi.org/10.4000/sociologico.10265.

It is evident the situation of neglect of the Brazilian Government in relation to the indigenous communities and, even more so today, with the spread of the new coronavirus in the villages of all Brazil. In detriment of this, the present article intends to analyze the epidemiological situation and actions taken by the government related to the fight against the virus in the villages of the indigenous people in the state of Mato Grosso. The research is based on quantitative, qualitative and bibliographic research, with analysis of documents such as epidemiological bulletins, tables produced from these data, plans to confront the Covid-19 and pertinent legislation with the following problem: what measures have been taken by the government to cope with the virus related specifically to Special Sanitary Districts and how far is their coverage to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 cases in the villages? This methodological framework was complemented with quantitative data from the epidemiological bulletins provided by DSEI Xingu-MT dating from 9/21 to 10/5/2020 and by information released by the Articulation of Indigenous People of Brazil, providing an annual overview of cases and deaths of Covid-19 of indigenous people from Mato Grosso. Thus, it is concluded that the omission and negationist bias adopted by the federal government resulted in the lack of planning and effectiveness of protective actions to confront coronavirus in indigenous communities.

Keywords : indigenous; pandemic; Brazilian Government; vulnerability.

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