By: Hunter McKee
With several Oklahoma City metro schools back to in-person learning and spring break just around the corner, health officials are urging everyone to still take precaution when traveling for spring break.
“We saw a big surge in cases after Christmas and New Year’s,” said OU Health Dr. Dale Bratzler. “We don’t know what’s going to happen.”
It s a week many Oklahomans look forward to and this time, there s plenty of optimism. In the last month, the state has seen a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases and the Oklahoma City metro has seen its lowest number of hospitalizations since September.
Until now, Oklahoma’s COVID-19 vaccine portal was only available in English. But that changed starting Tuesday.A liaison between the Oklahoma City-County Health Department and the Latino community has spent the past year educating Spanish speakers about COVID-19 and the vaccine. It, however, has come with challenges.“It’s waiting for someone to help, or it’s trying to understand basic English trying to fill out the form or understanding how to check every time you get an email, and then go back to the system and try to log in and try to find a clinic that is near you,” said Carla Ponce, a bilingual outreach specialist with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.Health department officials said they worked with Microsoft to add the Spanish option, hoping it will expand vaccine accessibility to more Oklahomans.When you go to the portal, you can select English or Spanish at the top of the page. If you select Spanish, all emails from the Oklahoma State Department of He
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