CHR urges gov't to address concerns of minority groups amid COVID19 pandemic
The Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday the government should include indigenous people and minority groups in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Guia added that indigenous communities have little or no immunity to common diseases and a pandemic could endanger their group. Guia said the government should provide the basic necessities of the indigenous groups as they lack the economic capacity to live and staying at home is not applicable to them as they are used to migrating regularly.
"Information being disseminated on how to prevent the spread of the disease should also be made available in as many local languages possible, and accessible in simple and comprehensible formats," she said.
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