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Fall River launches new COVID hotline and website

FALL RIVER A new hotline and website launching this week is aimed at making it easier for Fall River residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by answering concerns and linking them to vaccination sites. “It’ll be a one-stop place to see what’s going on, said Meg Rogers, communications coordinator for United Way of Greater Fall River. United Way has partnered with Fall River s Department of Health and Human Services, Mayor Paul Coogan s office and other organizations including United Neighbors of Fall River, SSTAR and Healthfirst Family Care Center to create the United We Help Vaccinate Fall River hotline, found by calling 1-833-8VAXNOW, and FRVAX.com website.

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URI senior awarded Fulbright fellowship to teach English, U S culture in Brazil

Wila Matos KINGSTON, R.I. – May 5, 2021 – University of Rhode Island senior Wila Matos of Providence has participated in community service projects in Atlanta and Baltimore, studied Portuguese, sustainability and fisheries in Cape Verde, and mentored high school students at The Met High School. Now she is preparing to spend nine months in Brazil as the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship. “I’m super excited and honored to be a Fulbright finalist,” said Matos, speaking from Cape Verde, where she is continuing her studies of Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole and learning about the country’s culture. “We’re in a pandemic, so I don’t want to get my hopes up too much because we have to be considerate of people’s health, but I’m trying to be positive and optimistic that it’s still going to happen.”

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Limited English skills can mean limited access to the COVID-19 vaccine

with support from the Puffin Foundation. In New York City’s Chinatown, a city-run vaccination site with no signage or intake questions in Chinese. In California, non-English speakers handed COVID-19 vaccination cards without information on what they mean. In Pennsylvania, people who speak Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese unable to make vaccine appointments due to a lack of interpreters at hospital call centers. These are just a few of the examples captured in a new complaint filed on Friday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Office of Equal Rights, and Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The complaint, brought by the National Health Law Program, finds widespread problems across the country that inhibit access to COVID-19 resources for people with limited English proficiency (LEP).

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Where Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

Where Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible. Ty O Neil / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP A Fire department health worker administering the COVID-19 vaccine. The Reno Fire department, City of Reno, and Mexican Consulate of Las Vegas partnered up to hold a COVID-19 vaccine event to engage the Mexican and Hispanic community and encourage people to get immunized. In New York City’s Chinatown, a city-run vaccination site with no signage or intake questions in Chinese. In California, non-English speakers handed COVID-19 vaccination cards without information on what they mean. In Pennsylvania, people who speak Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese unable to make vaccine appointments due to a lack of interpreters at hospital call centers.

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