Dak Lak province boosts COVID-19 communications among ethnic minorities
The administration of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has ordered relevant agencies to boost communication activities to raise ethnic minority people's awareness about COVID-19, amidst a surge in infections among ethnic minority communities.
A medical worker collects samples for COVID-19 testing in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) –The administration of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has ordered relevantagencies to boost communication activities to raise ethnic minority people's awareness about COVID-19, amidst a surge in infectionsamong ethnic minority communities.
As of 4pm on November 11, theprovince had recorded 5,773 cases of COVID-19 in the fourth wave of outbreaks thatbegan in Vietnam in late April. Notably, a number of clusters have beenreported in ethnic minority areas.
The provincial People’sCommittee on November 10 ordered district-level authorities to popularise anti-pandemic measures, especially in ethnic minority languages, while quickly implementing support policies for labourers and employers affected by the pandemic, thus ensuring socialsecurity in ethnic minority areas.
Local authorities are also asked to work closely with borderguards, police, and other forces in border regions to protect “greenzones”.
Dak Lak is home to 49 ethnicgroups, with Kinh people accounting for 64.3 percent of the population andethnic minority groups 35.7 percent, according to the 2019 population census.
As of early November, about64 percent of the over 1.36 million people aged 18 and above in Dak Lak hadreceived at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine, and 9.4 percent the secondshot, according to Director of the provincial Health Department Nay Phi La.
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A medical worker collects samples for COVID-19 testing in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province (Photo: VNA) 
