MEDFORD, Ore. – A Jackson Co. clinic is one of seven health centers statewide given extra COVID vaccine doses for those most affected by COVID-19 minorities. La Clinica has been in the Rogue Valley since 1989 helping those who have disproportionate access to healthcare.
Since the pandemic started the Oregon Health Authority has reported the Latinx community is nearly 3x more likely to get COVID, compared to other minority groups in Jackson Co.
Yet only 4% of the Latinx population statewide has gotten the vaccine. La Clinica’s goal is to close that gap.
Late in last week, seven Oregon clinics were chosen by the OHA to get extra federal vaccine doses. The goal, to get more minority groups vaccinated.
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