COVID pandemic: LA charter school group hopes to break stigma, get Westlake community tested
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Camino Nuevo Charter Academy has been offering free COVID-19 testing at Dalzell Lance High School since October, but it s taken some time to get people in the MacArthur Park and Westlake communities to actually show up. They re scared to get tested, they re embarrassed to get tested, said Adriana Abich, the Camino Nuevo s CEO.
Because of this, the charter school group has ramped up its efforts to reverse the stigma and therefore reduce the spread, especially now that numbers are up. By us hosting this, we re making it normal, we re making it a positive place where parents and families know that they can get support from us, said Abich.