Near south side of Milwaukee continues to be hot spot for COVID-19

The near south side of Milwaukee, a part of the city with a high number of Hispanic and other immigrant populations, continues to be a hot spot for COVID-19.

Nancy Hernandez, Hispanic Collaborative president, said the neighborhood is one of the densest for families and children in the state.

Many of the community members are employed in food service, construction and other essential businesses, she noted.

She noted that Spanish-language information during the crisis has lagged behind other information in some cases by several days.

“In many cases, it might not exist,” she said during a daily webinar on Monday hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. “It’s easy to see why we are unnecessarily dealing with a crisis within a crisis right now in this community.”

Hernandez said called for “overcommunicating” with the city’s Hispanic population as well as with other demographics that are facing other challenged posed by COVID-19.

She asked employers with a Hispanic workforce to share information with workers in English and Spanish simultaneously on how to prevent and address COVID-19.

The collaborative is also pulling together a more comprehensive toolkit, including videos to share with employees.

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