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María Elena González, left, and Alejandro Días of Healthy Little Havana speak with Gloria Carvajal about getting tested for COVID-19 on Oct. 23, 2020.
Health Foundation of South Florida is spending $1.5 million on groups to do outreach and get more people tested in hard-hit communities that have mostly Black and Latino residents.
On an afternoon in October, a team of outreach workers set out to convince people to get tested for COVID-19, in a residential neighborhood of East Little Havana — far from the Domino Park and popular restaurants of Calle Ocho.
The group of three started knocking on the white doors at a two-story apartment building. Lisette Mejía answered her door, holding a baby in her arms, as two small children stood on either side of her.