Despite having few resources to prevent the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from taking hold in their community, residents of Masakenari, Region Nine, are ensuring that no one crosses over to their side of the Guyana/Brazil border.
Masakenari is one of several indigenous communities located close to the Guyana/Brazil border in the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo region.
The location of their community brings them closer to the Brazilian state of the Amazonas, which currently has 31,949 confirmed cases inclusive of 1,852, deaths as of yesterday.
The state of Amazonas has the fourth highest number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Brazil, which now has the second highest number of cases of coronavirus in the world.
