Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic gears up for influx of NC migrant workers
Story Date: 5/10/2022

 

Source: NC PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE, 5/10/22

An all-volunteer vaccine clinic run by a farmworkers' union says it's expecting an increase in demand from seasonal migrant workers who want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Baldemar Velasquez said the mobile clinic has provided shots to thousands in North Carolina's low-income immigrant community. But he pointed out that migrant workers can be especially vulnerable because they travel, live and work in crowded conditions.

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