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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A massive donation effort put together by a nonprofit is about to help meet the needful more National City residents in need of PPE.
Even though students have yet to come back to in-person learning, Sweetwater High School was buzzing with activity Wednesday.
More than 80 pallets of PPE: hand sanitizer, face shields and hand-held thermometers, will be going to residents, families and organizations in need of these supplies in the South County region.
All these donations made possible by Last Mile San Diego. Dr. Amy Aminlari is founder of the non-profit.
She’s also an emergency room physician. “Our group is a group of volunteers working to protecting those at greatest risk of Covid… PPES still hard to come by,” said Dr. Aminlari.
The report says 80% of job losses during the pandemic are within the three sectors.
Latinas account for 14% of total county employment but 20% of employment in those industries.
Even before the pandemic, Latino workers suffered from lower than average wages, less access to health care and to job-related benefits, authorities said.
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There are more than half a million Latinas in San Diego County, representing 17% of the population. Prior to COVID-19 , nearly one in five Latinas were living in households below the poverty level.
About 70% of Latino residents live in ZIP codes with higher-than-average unemployment rates; 49% live in ZIP codes with higher-than-average COVID-19 cases, and 42% live in ZIP codes with both high unemployment and COVID cases.