New efforts underway to reach Hispanic community about COVID-19
A Shelby County Health Department worker gets a flu shot ready during a COVID-19 and flu awareness event Oct. 17, 2020 at Iglesia Methodista Unida el Redentor at 2969 S. Mendenhall Road in Southeast Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Clinic that serves the Hispanic community in Shelby County has 15 years’ experience knowing how to send the right message. It’s giving the Health Department a boost to reach people who need to hear the COVID-19 messages.
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Pedro Velasquez Jr. LifeDoc Andres Mata District Attorney’s Office Dr. Claudia NeiraJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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