Brazil's Supreme Court upholds decision requiring government to take measures to contain Covid-19 among indigenous people.
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) decided to uphold the decision of Justice Luís Roberto Barroso, which ordered the federal government to adopt measures to contain the spread of coronavirus and deaths among the indigenous population.
Brazil Agency - The plenary of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided, this Wednesday, the 5th, to ratify the individual decision of Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, which ordered the federal government to adopt a series of measures to contain the contagion and deaths from Covid-19 among the indigenous population.
Among the measures are the maintenance of sanitary barriers to protect isolated indigenous people from contamination by the disease and the creation of a committee to monitor actions during the pandemic.
On July 8, Barroso granted a preliminary injunction requested by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib) and the political parties PSB, PSOL, PCdoB, PT, Rede, and PDT to determine the measures.
In his decision, Barroso acknowledged the actions of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Health, for example, in distributing basic food baskets, supplies, and health materials to various indigenous communities, among other actions. The minister, however, considered it necessary to order the government to adopt additional measures that were not being implemented.