COVID-19 outbreaks among isolated Amazonian indigenous people, Ecuador.

COVID-19; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; MEDICAL care costs; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; MEDICALLY underserved persons; COVID-19 testing; POLYMERASE chain reaction

The authors reflect on the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to the neglected Indigenous communities in Ecuadorian Amazonia as of July 2021. Other topics include the conduct of free testing conducted by the National Institute of Public Health Research in major cities like Guayaquil, and some Indigenous communities in Ecuador like Kichwa, Waorani, and Kofan.