Oswald Neptune’s troop of workers hits the streets of Mattapan and Hyde Park every weekday, pairing off for door-to-door canvassing along predetermined routes and visibility standouts in Mattapan Square and inside Mattapan Station, areas with heavy foot traffic and a substantial Haitian population.
COVID cases up 39% in Boston as officials launch multilingual vaccine campaign in hard-hit communities
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Amid a nearly 40% rise in COVID cases in Boston, Mayor Kim Janey has launched a new multilingual public awareness campaign in an effort to reach out to residents in the city’s communities of color, which are at the highest risk, about getting the vaccine.
“We know that people of color are more likely to get COVID-19, and if they do, they are more likely to die,” Janey said during a press conference on Tuesday. “We want everyone to get vaccinated so that we can get to the other side of this pandemic and ensure that we come to the other side a stronger community and a more equitable city.”