There are two topics, Victor Perez said, that fathers don’t bring up when family members get together in his native Dominican Republic: baseball and politics.
Helping Spanish speakers in Hazleton area find COVID-19 vaccines
Lehigh Valley Hospital in Hazleton is posting videos online in Spanish dispelling myths and a local newspaper written in Spanish is connecting readers to resources. Author: Carolyn Blackburne Updated: 10:27 PM EDT April 20, 2021
HAZLETON, Pa. Amilcar Arroyo publishes the magazine El Mensajero based out of his office in downtown Hazleton.
Among the articles written in Spanish is an advertisement for a COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic.
He has made it his mission to educate members of the Spanish-speaking community here about how they can get the vaccine. The Hispanic community in Hazleton is big, it is growing and it is hard. Hard because of COVID-19. There is misinformation, Arroyo said.