For the Philippines’ Mangyans, COVID-19 extends a long history of discrimination

Mongabay
Aug 7, 2020, 1:07 am236 pts
MINDORO, Philippines — On May 12, the Philippine island of Mindoro reported its first confirmed case of a tribal resident being infected with COVID-19. The patient, a 4-year-old Indigenous Mangyan child with no travel history, was taken to a government hospital in the city of Calapan. The child had…

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