Language barrier plays toll on COVID-19 testing accessibility By Bernadette Heier | January 12, 2021 at 6:45 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 7:21 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Inside the old Gander Mountain Building, thousands have gotten tested for COVID-19.
But Paul Winchester, who has worked at the facility since it opened, says he sees a large gap in who’s getting tested.
“We’ve seen like a 96, 98 percent white American, one percent of our Hispanic American if that, and half a percent of Black Americans,” says Mankato NAACP Board Member and testing site worker, Paul Winchester.
In an effort to be more inclusive and accommodating, the Minnesota Department of Health hosts private tours of COVID-19 saliva testing facilities, that gives the community a chance to voice their opinion on needed changes.