What actions health experts, city leaders are working to address COVID vaccine equity in Roanoke
The disparities are prevalent on a number of levels
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ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke city leaders and health experts are teaming up to address inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
“We’re just at the beginning of closing the gap, so I would say we still have an incredible amount of work to do,” said Dr. Cynthia Morrow, the director of the Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts.
The disparities are prevalent on a number of levels.
Much of the focus is on the hard-hit African-American and Hispanic communities, targeted specifically through clinics and strike teams that are sharing information and building trust.
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African Americans and Latinos are more likely to become infected by the coronavirus and to be hospitalized with serious illnesses. Yet both groups have been nearly absent from mass vaccination
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