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As Infections Climb Among The Unvaccinated, OLA Scrambles For Ways To Reach Those Falling Through Cracks

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OLA of Eastern Long Island and Northwell Health conducted a vaccination POD at the Springs Food Pantry earlier this year in an effort to reach unvaccinated individuals in the Latino immigrant community.

OLA of Eastern Long Island and Northwell Health conducted a vaccination POD at the Springs Food Pantry earlier this year in an effort to reach unvaccinated individuals in the Latino immigrant community.

Erika Padilla, left, and Wally Ramirez of OLA of Eastern Long Island, helped organize a vaccination POD with Northwell Health at the Springs Food Pantry earlier this year in an effort to reach unvaccinated individuals in the Latino immigrant community.

Erika Padilla, left, and Wally Ramirez of OLA of Eastern Long Island, helped organize a vaccination POD with Northwell Health at the Springs Food Pantry earlier this year in an effort to reach unvaccinated individuals in the Latino immigrant community.

authorMichael Wright on Jul 21, 2021
With gaps in vaccination coverage driving a new increase in COVID-19 cases statewide — and the highest positivity rates in Suffolk County since early spring — advocates for minority communities... more

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