Jheymi Mejia Mori, 15, lives in Lima, but his grandparents are in the Peruvian rainforest. Every day he hears of family members infected by Covid-19, but the Peruvian government has not announced any plans to protect them. Isolated in the Amazon, these communities have no local healthcare. To reach the nearest city, Pucallpa, they must navigate the Ucayali River, but there is no transport during lockdown

Jheymi lives in Cantagallo Island, which was founded by the Shipibo-Conibo people from the Amazon. About 265 families live among the narrow streets. But there are few facilities. The highways and buildings of the capital can be seen over the rooftops

Juan Agustin migrated to Lima about 40 years ago. He stands on top of a hill in Cantagallo Island. He is a Shipibo-Conibo leader, a government-certified interpreter and a professor at the Universidad Cayetano Heredia in Lima. He uses his media channel, Shipi-News, to tell people in the community about the virus

In the early morning of 11 May, Filder Agustin Peña, 40, an artist, died in Cantagallo Island after displaying Covid-19 symptoms

Two months into the pandemic, workers from the ministry of health arrived in Cantagallo Island to disinfect the area and conduct tests

A day after Filder Agustin Peña died, a team of nurses arrived in the community. They conducted 1,000 rapid tests and found over 70% of the population was infected with Covid-19

Community leader Vladimir Inuma – whose name is written on the third test – was among those who was positive

People in Cantagallo Island have found it particularly difficult to isolate because they share food and other goods with each other. The narrow streets and the close proximity of their houses make it hard for people to keep their distance

The lack of decent health facilities in Cantagallo Island, and the lack of money to buy medicine, has meant people have turned to traditional remedies and medicinal plants to try to prevent and treat Covid-19. Ginger, known as isin tapon in the local language, is one of the plants being used

The Shipibo-Conibo people believe the ashes of banana peel help to heal skin wounds

People use a herb called rue in bathing water

A man from the community harvests eucalyptus leaves

A child goes to collect water. There are few water sources in the island. During lockdown, only one person from each family can leave the house to collect it. Waste is thrown out on to the streets. Sanitation has got worse since lockdown

Juan Alcides Clemente, 12, is being treated with plants to try to control his body temperature and prevent fever. The plant is called boains in the local language, or petiveria in English. It is also used for respiratory problems

Relatives prepare to say goodbye to Filder Agustin Peña

His body is removed by health officials

Early in the morning, people clean themselves with plant essences. Emerson Mejia Cruz, 43, has his head blown with tobacco smoke

The nephew of Juan Agustin, 43, who is known as Rishin Bea in his native language, died last month, after showing symptoms of the virus. He was sad not to be able to carry out a traditional funeral ritual. Agustin says guidance for burials from the Peruvian government does not take into account his community’s beliefs and practices

Gabriel Senencina, 50, is treated by Jeremías Cervantes, a community healer. When Senencina was a young man, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Because of the poor care he received in hospital, he used plants instead

Pablo Faustino Diaz (known as Menin Bima in the local language) is both a nurse and a traditional doctor in Cantagallo Island. Diaz, 59, studied technical nursing at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, but learned from his grandparents the medicinal properties of plants and natural recipes from the Amazon. During the cholera pandemic in Peru in the 1990s, he used traditional methods to care for many adults and children

Diaz gathers eucalyptus leaves and tobacco on his table

Celinda Cahuaza, 40, was taught by her father how plants can be used for medicinal purposes. She draws on those teachings when she wants a plant-based recipe

Vladimir Inuma, 36, is a community leader. He is known as Xawan Nima in his local language. Every day he asks the government for food donations to feed families who have no income because of lockdown. He says the government does not give them enough supplies

Women queue for government food donations. All they receive today is chopped and frozen carrots brought from South Korea