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Vaccination event scheduled in Wimauma


Vaccination event scheduled in Wimauma
Community groups are working to bring more access to COVID19 vaccinations to the Wimauma community.
and last updated 2021-05-14 23:33:44-04
WIMAUMA, Fl. — Community groups are working to bring more access to COVID19 vaccinations to the Wimauma community.
Enterprising Latinas is hosting a COVID19 vaccination clinic Sunday at the Wimauma Opportunity Center, at 5128 State Road 674, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until supplies last.
“30 percent of our residents have contracted COVID or at least tested positive over the last year and that is because so many of them are essential workers. They never stopped working during the pandemic, they could not work from home,” Ileana Cintron, the organization’s deputy director. ....

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Outreach Efforts Aim To Boost Vaccination Rates For Hispanic Floridians


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Oswaldo Simon, left, said he appreciated the help state canvassers provided signing him up for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in his neighborhood.
About one-fourth of Florida s Hispanic population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to nearly 40% of whites. Government and community outreach efforts are looking to close those gaps by making it easier for Latinx residents to access shots.
Shoppers entering a Latin supermarket in the Tampa suburb of Town N Country on a recent morning were greeted by folks in neon green shirts asking in English or, more commonly, Spanish, “Have you gotten the COVID-19 vaccine?”
Canvassers Jack Alvarez and Evelyn Escalante work for the state and used tablets to help anyone who answered no register for shots if they were willing. They directed people to a mobile vaccination site the state was hosting in a park down the block that day, but could also sign people up with local pharma ....

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