Asian Americans In St. Louis Push For Vaccine Information In Their Languages
/ Han Ko (left) and his mother, Jung Ko, 82, pose after she received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In January, Han Ko was elated to see the COVID-19 vaccine rollout begin in St. Louis County. His 82-year-old mother would be in one of the first groups eligible for the vaccine. But it took much longer for her to get the vaccine than they’d hoped. Ko’s mother, Jung Ko, is from South Korea and is not fluent in English. That made it difficult for her to register for the vaccine at clinics, pharmacies, hospitals and the public health department’s websites, where the information is in ...
Source: stlpublicradio.org