San Diego's Filipino community needs help fighting COVID-19

San Diego's Filipino community says it needs help fighting COVID-19
The Filipino Resource Center says it needs more county resources and infection rate data to help save lives.
Author: LaMonica Peters (KFMB)
Updated: 10:42 PM PST February 3, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Advocates for the Filipino community say they are being left out of targeted resources used to help fight COVID-19 in San Diego County. The Filipino Resource Center says Filipinos are the 2nd largest ethnic group in the county, but they haven’t received the outreach that some other groups have when it comes to fighting coronavirus.
Filipinos make up nearly half of all Asian Pacific Islanders in San Diego County, according to the Filipino Resource Center. They’re also close to 20% of hospital and nursing home workers, putting them more at risk for contracting the virus. The Center’s Director JoAnn Fields says they need infection rate data from the county targeting Filipinos to show how much they’re being impacted.

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