{"id":394816,"date":"2026-02-27T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/noticias\/2026\/02\/27\/cinco-bebes-yanomami-morrem-no-brasil-em-surto-de-coqueluche\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:56:09","slug":"cinco-bebes-yanomami-morrem-no-brasil-em-surto-de-coqueluche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/noticias\/geral\/2026\/02\/27\/cinco-bebes-yanomami-morrem-no-brasil-em-surto-de-coqueluche\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinco beb\u00eas Yanomami morrem no Brasil em surto de coqueluche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five Yanomami infants in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, in Roraima, Brazil, have died from pertussis, outbreak that began on January 7. The disease is preventable with vaccination, and health officials are assessing the response.<\/p>\n<p>Three deaths were confirmed by Roraima\u2019s state health agency, based in Boa Vista. Two additional infant deaths occurred in Parima and Roko villages, with cause not yet confirmed. At least 59 infants have been evacuated for medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Ages of the deceased ranged from 1 month 17 days to 4 months 30 days, according to documents reviewed by the reporting outlet. Health officials and Yanomami leaders say vaccination coverage remains insufficient.<\/p>\n<h3>Contexto de sa\u00fade e a\u00e7\u00f5es governamentais<\/h3>\n<p>The Yanomami Indigenous Territory spans over 9.6 million hectares in Brazil and parts of Venezuela. It has faced recurring health crises linked to illegal mining, pollution, and malnutrition, prompting a 2023 public health emergency declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil has since removed thousands of illegal miners and expanded health teams in the region, though Yanomami leaders say medical services remain insufficient to meet needs. Several infants are currently intubated amid the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>As of February 22, the latest municipal bulletin showed 15 confirmed pertussis cases among Yanomami, with seven more awaiting confirmation. The situation underscores ongoing challenges in accessing timely, adequate care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>O surto de coqueluche come\u00e7ou em 7 de janeiro no territ\u00f3rio Yanomami, em Roraima, e j\u00e1 foram registradas cinco mortes de beb\u00eas Yanomami.<\/li>\n<li>Tr\u00eas \u00f3bitos foram confirmados pela ag\u00eancia estadual de sa\u00fade em Boa Vista; dois outros falecimentos em Parima e Roko ainda n\u00e3o foram confirmados pelas autoridades.<\/li>\n<li>Pelo menos 59 beb\u00eas ind\u00edgenas foram transportados para tratamento m\u00e9dico para fora do territ\u00f3rio Yanomami.<\/li>\n<li>As idades dos beb\u00eas que faleceram variaram de 1 m\u00eas e 17 dias a 4 meses e 30 dias; alguns ainda n\u00e3o tinham nomes.<\/li>\n<li>A Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Yanomami Kirinau (UYA) e autoridades locais afirmam que a vacina\u00e7\u00e3o ainda \u00e9 insuficiente e que a resposta de sa\u00fade tem sido lenta. A cobertura de vacina\u00e7\u00e3o em crian\u00e7as com menos de um ano subiu de 29,8% em 2022 para 57,8% em 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":394824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"summary":"Cinco beb\u00eas Yanomami morrem v\u00edtimas de coqueluche em surto iniciado em janeiro; autoridades s\u00e3o criticadas pela resposta lenta e 59 ind\u00edgenas j\u00e1 foram transferidos para tratamento","footnotes":""},"categories":[298,1],"tags":[159,89,101,31,166,29],"class_list":["post-394816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geral","category-noticias","tag-doencas","tag-meio-ambiente","tag-pessoas","tag-politica","tag-prevencao","tag-saude"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/394824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}