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Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento opening COVID vaccination center Sacramento Bee 3/8/2021 Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee Mar. 8—The Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento will be used as a COVID-19 vaccination site beginning this week, city and consulate officials announced. Shots will be offered at the site, 2093 Arena Blvd. in Natomas, on an appointment-only basis for Mexican nationals who qualify for the vaccine in line with Sacramento County's eligibility criteria, the city said in a news release. Eligible groups currently include health workers, peopl...

1:23 Last week the Ventanilla de Salud, a joint community outreach project between St. Luke’s Health System and the Mexican Consulate, published the state’s vaccine rollout plan in Spanish. The translation was shared within a network of community organizations, but some groups say there are still challenges to reaching primarily Spanish-speaking populations with factual information. Skepticism is another concern. Credit Diana E. Gómez Romero, CHW / Bilingual Outreach Coordinator “It seems to come from a history of resistance to vaccinations in general, and there are some people that wi...