Appointments are not required, but a county press release encourages individuals looking for a third vaccine dose to make one through the county’s website.
Riverside County shows progress in closing COVID vaccination gap in Latinx community
Riverside County Public Health has worked hard to narrow the coronavirus vaccination gap among the Latinx community.
It is a group who make up about half the population here.
News Channel 3’s Dani Romero takes a closer look at the progress in closing those disparities.
“I am feeling good, said Alexia Mendez. She got her second shot at a pop-up clinic in Coachella.
“I think it is important to be vaccinated, said Mendez.
It s one of the many efforts the county has made to help bridge the gap in communities of color who were significantly impacted by the virus.
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MECCA, Calif. (Reuters) - Deemed an essential workforce during the pandemic, California’s mostly Latino farmworkers are also underrepresented in the state’s vaccination program, health officials and activists say, prompting the delivery of shots in the fields.
In one such campaign, public health officials vaccinated about 250 workers on Monday, including about 150 from Hadley’s Date Gardens, in the first of what they hope will be a weekly visit to agricultural lands.
“We’re essential for the country, to be able to feed the other families,” Maria Razo, 45, a date sorter, said from the vaccination site in Mecca, California, about 140 miles (225 km) east of Los Angeles.
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