Guarani people and Kaiowás announce a state of EMERGENCY due to the arrival of the Corona Virus in their indigenous territories.
The traditional Guarani and Kaiowá Councils Aty Guasu (General Assembly of the Guarani and Kaiowá People), Kuñangue Aty Guasu (Great Assembly of Guarani and Kaiowá Women), RAJ (Aty Young Resumption), Aty Jeroky Guasu (General Assembly of the Nhanderus and Nhandesys) announce emergency state!
SESAI confirmed (May 16, 2020) 10 positive cases of Coronavirus in the most populous Indigenous Reserve in the state of Mato Grosso Do Sul, the suspected and confirmed cases are being monitored. All Guarani and Kaiowá territories are under alert, setting up sanitary barriers, blocking all access to the territories.